BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  O.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

January  1920 


This  i 8  the  first  of  a  series  of  monthly  statements  to 
be  issued  by  the  Bureau  of  Bailway  Economics,  designed  to  3how 
the  freight  car  performance  of  railways  of  Clase  I,  separately 
for  each  railway,  by  districts  and  regions,  and  for  the  United 
states  as  a  whole.  The  statistics  for  the  month  of  January 
1920, herein  presented, are  based  upon  the  reports  of  the  sever- 
a^-  railways  to  the  United  States  Railroad  Administration. 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating 
revenues  above  «1, 000, 000.  This  class  of  roads  operate  an  ag¬ 
gregate  mileage  approximating  90  per  cent  of  the  total  standard 
guage  steam  railway  mileage  of  the  United  States, and  own  about 
96  per  cent  of  the  total  number  of  standard  guage  railway  cars. 
The  operated  mileage  included  in  this  statement  for  January  is 
230,509  miles  of  line.  y 

The  detailed  statistics  appear  on  the  second,  third 
a2  *£0Urth  page8»  a  general  summary  by  regions  at  the  top 

of  the  second  page.  A  monthly  summary  covering  the  oeriod  from 
January, 19 17, to  January, 1920,  appears  at  the  foot  of  the  fourth 
page. 


Net  ton-miles  include  both  revenue  and  non-revenue 
freight  throughout.  Freight  car-miles  include  all  mileage  made 
by  revenue  freight  cars  in  freight  and  mixed  trains.  Uneervice- 
j  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  awaiting  shop,  including  all 
"bad  order"  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  January  were 
as  follows: 


Per  cent  of  loaded  oar-miles . 70.9 

Car-miles  per  day . . 22.8 

Tons  per  loaded  car . 28.3 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  cars .  6.6 


CONSECUTIVE  NO.  I  5  2 
O.  S.  SER.  A  NO.  I 


JANUARY  1620 

Net 

jFreight  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars  on 

Efficiency  ratios 

Psr  cent 

Por  cent  of 

■  xoiwmilss 

Total 

Loaded 

loaded 

Total 

Unservi  ce- 

1  Car- miles 

Tons 

unservi  ce- 

Road 

(thousands) 

to  total 

able 

per  day 

per  car 

able  cars 

a 

.2 

3 

4=  3  4-2 

.5 

6 

7=2—5 

8=1  4-  3 

9  =  6  -j  5 

31 

EASTERN  REGION 

7 

970 

007 

4C2 

189 

288  028 

71.6 

65-6  799 

49 

969 

19.8 

27.7 

7.6 

ALLEGHENY. REGION 

6 

375 

534 

282 

371 

189 

779 

67 

451  327 

34 

815 

19.7 

33.6 

7.5 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2 

081 

179 

79 

935 

49 

572 

52.1 

84  115 

6 

125 

30.7 

41.9 

7.3 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4 

76? 

600 

250 

143 

181 

572 

72.6 

309  003 

17 

559 

26.1 

26.3 

5.7 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4 

530 

313 

233 

336 

175  803 

73.8 

352  372 

22 

407 

21.2 

25.8 

6.2 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

5 

44B 

659 

342 

590 

243 

582 

71.1 

364  673 

20 

730 

30.3 

26.5 

5.7 

SOUTHWEST®!!  REGION 

2 

595 

420 

133 

432 

100 

152 

72.3 

214  938 

9 

28  5 

20.8 

25.9 

4.3 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

34 

769 

722 

1  733 

995 

1  228 

588 

70.9 

2  453  227 

160 

890 

22.8 

28.3 

6.6 

EASTERN  REGION 

New  England  District 

Bangor  «  Aroostook 

23 

206 

1 

779 

1 

116 

62.7 

3  368 

202 

17.0 

20.8 

6.0 

Boston  it  Albany 

103 

487 

6 

716 

5 

140 

75.5 

S  082 

405 

23.9 

21.3 

4.5 

Eoston  A  Maine 

312 

113 

17 

923 

12 

978 

72.4 

36  353 

3  413 

15.1 

24.0 

8.9 

Centrel  New  England 

40 

931 

2 

005 

1 

304 

65.0 

4  622 

484 

14.0 

31.4 

10.5 

Central  Vermont 

25 

542 

1 

803 

1 

314 

72.9 

3  177 

217 

18.3 

20.2 

6.6 

Grand  Trunk  in  New  England 

29 

119 

1 

502 

894 

59.5 

1  668 

94 

29.0 

32.6 

5.6 

Maine  Central 

65 

411 

5 

248 

3 

547 

57.6 

9  905 

1  042 

17.1 

24.1 

10,5 

Hew  York,  Hew  Haven  &  Hartford 

249 

546 

14 

204 

11 

292 

79.5 

44  712 

2 

519 

10.2 

22.1 

5.6 

Rutland 

19 

910 

1  028 

865 

84.1 

1  617 

122 

20.5 

23.0 

7.5 

Ann  Arbor 

36 

375 

1 

393 

1 

160 

83.3 

3  615 

224 

12.4 

31.4 

6.2 

Buffalo,  Rochester  &  Pittsburg 

168 

388 

7 

131 

4 

230 

59.3 

9  150 

512 

25.1 

39.8 

5.5 

Delaware  i  Hudson 

291 

072 

13 

053 

8 

331 

63.8 

17  £72 

i 

066 

23.8 

34.9 

6.0 

Delaware,  Lackawanna  tt  Western 

396 

900 

20 

159 

14 

437 

71.6 

23  106 

i 

487 

28.2 

27.5 

6.4 

Detroit  i  Mackinac 

4 

962 

349 

245 

70.5 

956 

137 

11.8 

20.2 

14.3 

Detroit  4  Toledo  Shore  Line 

14 

659 

694 

411 

5S.2 

1  310 

92 

17.1 

35,7 

7.0 

Erie  (incl.  Chicago  &  Erie) 

904 

434 

43 

969 

30 

772 

70.0 

54  303 

4 

148 

26.1 

29.4 

7.6 

Grand  Trunk  Western  Lines 

141 

133 

8 

475 

6 

317 

74.5 

13  eoa 

1 

827 

is. e 

22.3 

13.2 

Lehigh  4  Hudson  River 

27 

155 

1 

032 

758 

73.4 

1  593 

72 

20.9 

35. S 

4.5 

Lehigh  4  -New  England 

22 

ISO 

851 

483 

56.8 

3  022 

245 

9.1 

45.9 

8.1 

Lehigh  Valley 

469 

63  6 

23 

002 

16 

282 

70.6 

34  368 

2 

367 

21.6 

28.8 

6.9 

Michigan  Central 

398 

259 

22 

130 

17 

035 

77.0 

40  912 

2 

556 

17.4 

23.4 

6.2 

Uonongahala 

21 

973 

891 

482 

54.1 

1  813 

101 

15.9 

45.6 

5.6 

Hew  York  Centrel 

1 

720 

743 

91 

742 

55 

545 

71.6 

149  975 

10 

573 

19.7 

26.2 

7.0 

New  York, Chicago  4  St. Louie 

265 

44  6 

13 

697 

u 

094 

81.0 

12  039 

693 

36.7 

24.0 

5.8 

Hew  York, Ontario  4  Western 

53 

C30 

2 

448 

i 

637 

66.9 

6  245 

925 

12.6 

35.4 

14.8 

New  York,Sueque.4  West. (incl.WEAE) 

7 

509 

330 

236 

71.5 

2  785 

49 

3.8 

31.8 

1.8 

Pere  Marquette 

176 

ICS 

9 

576 

7 

086 

74.0 

24  162 

1 

630 

12.8 

24.9 

6.7 

Pittsburg  4  Lake  Erie 

19  6 

845 

7 

726 

4 

775 

51,8 

23  941 

2 

611 

10.4 

41.2 

10.9 

Pittsburg  4  Shawmut 

11 

957 

453 

237 

52.3 

573 

17 

25,5 

50.5 

3.0 

Pittsburgh  &  West  Virginia 

9 

566 

355 

235 

66.0 

966 

96 

11.9 

40.7 

10.1 

Ulster  4  Delaware 

1 

209 

74 

46 

62.2 

229 

6 

10.4 

26.3 

2.6 

Wabash 

395 

707 

19 

614 

15 

803 

80.6 

24  393 

2 

277 

25.9 

25.0 

9.3 

Ohio-Indiana  District 

Chicago .Indianapolis  4  Louisville 

92 

215 

4 

197 

2 

988 

71.2 

6  392 

757 

21.2 

30.9 

11.8 

Cincinnati , Indianapolis  4  Western 

24 

626 

1 

292 

955 

77.0 

1  820 

273 

22.9 

24.7 

15.0 

Cincinnati  Northern 

28 

110 

1  327 

897 

67.6 

1  241 

81 

34.5 

31.3 

6.5 

Cleveland, Cinn. , Chicago  4  St. Louis 

581 

476 

28 

434 

19 

955 

70.2 

33  233 

2 

106 

27.6 

29.1 

5 ,3 

Detroit,  -Toledo  4  Ironton 

45 

529 

1 

536 

1 

084 

70.6 

3  538 

563 

14.0 

42.0 

15.9 

Hocking  Valley 

128 

867 

4 

864 

2 

983 

61.3 

10  453 

1 

825 

15.0 

43.2 

17.5 

Kanawha  4  Michigan 

38 

733 

1 

734 

971 

56.0 

2  818 

265 

19.8 

39.9 

9.4 

Lake  Erie  4  Western 

86 

331 

3 

909 

3 

175 

61.2 

5  831 

421 

21.6 

27.2 

7.2 

Toledo  4  Ohio  Central 

113 

167 

4 

962 

2 

595 

52.4 

8  170 

562 

19.5 

43.5 

6.9 

Toledo,  St.  Louis  4  Western 

103 

265 

5  088 

3 

883 

76.3 

4  109 

161 

39.9 

26*  6 

3.9 

Wheeling  4  Lake  Erie(lncl.L4WV) 

89 

972 

3 

483 

2 

310 

66.3 

11  754 

744 

9.6 

38.9 

6.3 

Total  -  New  England  District 

895 

4  IS 

52 

208 

38 

450 

73.6 

116  504 

8 

49e 

14.5 

23.3 

7.3 

Total  -  Central  District 

5 

741  24S 

289 

155 

207 

738 

71.8 

4  50  93  6 

33 

713 

20.7 

27.6 

7.5 

Total  -  Ohio-Indiana  District 

1  332 

34  5 

60 

826 

41 

840 

66.6 

89  359 

7 

758 

22.0 

31.8 

8.7 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  EASTERN  RECION 

7 

970  007 

402 

189 

288 

028 

71.6 

656  799 

49 

969 

19.8 

27.7 

7.6 

ALLEGHENY  REGION 

24.3 

32.3 

5.8 

Baltimore  4  Ohio  (East  and  West) 

1 

578 

174 

73 

020 

48 

787 

65.4 

96  921 

5 

549 

Bessemer  4  Luke  Erie 

72 

221 

2 

146 

1 

541 

71.8 

3  616 

320 

19.1 

46.9 

8.8 

Buffalo  4  Susquehanna 

25 

281 

1 

110 

581 

52.3 

1  267 

153 

28.3 

43.5 

12.1 

Central  of  New  Jersey 

213 

394 

10 

258 

S 

424 

52.6 

24  865 

-  1 

939 

13.3 

33.2 

7.8 

Cumberland  Valley 

39 

852 

1 

933 

1 

191 

51.6 

1  675 

97 

37.2 

33.5 

5.8 

Grend  Rapids  4  Indiana 

45 

506 

2 

201 

1 

684 

75.5 

4  677 

736 

15.2 

27.0 

15.7 

Long  Island 

9 

585 

703 

474 

67.4 

5  805 

209 

3.9 

20.2 

3.6 

New  York, Philadelphia  4  Norfolk 

36 

021 

1 

825 

1 

599 

87.6 

2  445 

90 

24.1 

22.5 

3.7 

Pennsylvania  (East) 

2 

452 

728 

101 

259 

68 

018 

57.2 

165  652 

12 

113 

19.7 

35.1 

7.3 

Pennsylvania  (West)(lncl.PCC4StL) 

1 

096 

547 

56 

869 

38 

730 

£8.1 

103  757 

10 

436 

17.7 

28.3 

10.1 

Philadelphia  4  Reading 

512 

795 

23 

990 

16 

242 

67.7 

41  036 

2 

328 

18.9 

37.7 

5.7 

Western  Maryland 

182 

919 

6 

486 

4 

120 

63.5 

8  298 

737 

25.2 

44.4 

9.9 

West  Jersey  4  Seashore 

11 

499 

561 

388 

69.2 

1  310 

8 

13.9 

29.6 

0.5 

TOTAL  -  ALLEGHENY  REGION 

6 

376 

534 

232 

371 

189 

779 

67.2 

4  61  327 

34 

eis 

19.7 

33.6 

7.5 

I  I  <5U 


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JANUARY  1920 

!  ... 

Freight  car-mile3  (thoueands) 

Freight 

cars  on 
oily 

Efficiency  ratios 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cant 
loaded 
to  total 
4=  3  -r  2 

Car-milo6 
per  day 
7_  2  r  5 
31 

Tons 
por  car 
8=1  4-  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  64-5 

Total 

5 

Unservi cs- 
able 

6 

Road 

(thousands) 

1 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

Chesapaaka  i  Ohio 

Norfolk  &  Western 

Virgi nlan 

933  840 
931  965 
215  374 

37  132 
34  850 

7  953 

22  907 
22  696 

4  069 

61.7 

55.1 

51.2 

38  304 
37  150 

8  661 

3  188 

2  267 
670 

31.3 

30.3 

29.6 

40. e 

41.1 

52.9 

8.3 

6. 1 

7.7 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  081  179 

79  935 

49  672 

62.1 

84  115 

6  125 

30.7 

41.9 

7.3 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

Alabama  4  Vicksburg 

Alabama  Great  Southern 

Atlanta  4  West  Point  (incl.WRRofA) 
Atlanta,  Birmingham  &  Atlantic 

Atlantic  Coast  Line 

Carolina,  Clinchfiald  &  Ohio 

Central  of  Georgia 

Charleston  4  Western  Carolina 
Cincinnati.New  Orleans  4  Texas  Pacific 
Florida  East  Coast 

Georgia 

Georgia  4  Florida 

Georgia,  Southern  4  Florida 

Gulf  4  Ship  Island 

Gulf,  Nobile  4  Northern 

Illinois  Central  (Incl.Y&MV) 

Louisville  4  Nashville 

Louisville,  Henderson  4  St.  Louis 
Mississippi  Central 

Mobile  4' Ohio 

Nashville,  Chattanooga  4  St.  Louis 

New  Orleans  &  Northeastern 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

Norfolk  Southern 

Northern  Alabama 

Richmond,  Fred.  4  Potomac  (incl.WS) 
Seaboard  Air  Line 

Southern 

Southern  F.ailway  in  Mississippi 
Tennessee  Central 

Vicksburg,  Shreveport  4  Pacific 

15  123 
80  795 

16  949 
49  402 

370  433 
84  513 
123  230 
20  110 
113  853 
*  62  416 
29  035 

4  915 
25  540 
11  826 

11  027 

1  448  968 

811  462 
21  838 

2  187 
174  011 
113  168 
52  639 

9  093 
25  193 

8  143 
37  512 
24  1  849 
768  349 

6  865 

12  737 
14  419 

872 

4  025 
981 

2  460 
23  558 

3  297 

6  227 

918 

6  157 

4  396 

1  723 

314 

1  566 
562 
587 

69  688 
39  830 
970 
123 

7  850 

5  249 

2  423 
451 

1  441 
358 

2  243 
14  964 
43  984 

375 

699 

792 

625 

2  985 
762 

1  737 
16  939 

1  935 

5  001 

673 

5  279 

2  687 

1  427 

238 

1  204 
400 
468 
48  936 
27  205 
716 
91 

6  235 

4  821 

1  708 

335 

1  167 
220 

1  79,5 
10  93)5 

3  3  504 
308 
463 
571 

71.7 

74.2 

77.7 

70.6 
71.9 

58.7 

80.3 

73.3 

85.7 

65.7 

82.8 

75.8 

76.9 

71.2 

79.7 

70.2 

68.2 

73.8 
74.0 

79.4 

77.1 

70.5 
74.3 
81.0 

61.5 

80.1 

73.1 

76.2 
82.1 

66.2 
72.1 

1  285 

4  063 

1  411 

2  692 
35  353 

3  725 

9  931 

2  138 

6  620 

3  889 

2  648 
483 

1  668 

1  182 

1  708 
58  138 
44  162 
571 
385 

9  163 

9  619 

3  694 

1  279 

4  191 
855 

2  069 
23  222 
68  821 

1  246 

1  374 

1  408 

27 

69 

213 

323 

3  080 
287 
431 
44 
639 
158 
217 

2 

79 

16 

127 

3  412 

3  519 

12 

25 

629 

496 

329 

25 

305 

30 

184 

1  071 

1  540 
120 

69 

81 

21.9 

32.0 

22.4 

29.5 

21.5 

28.6 

20.2 

13.9 

30.0 

36.5 

21.0 

21.0 

30.3 

15.3 

11.1 

38.7 

29.1 

54.8 

10.3 

27.6 

21.0 

21.2 

11.4 

11.1 

13.5 

35.0 

20.8 

20.6 

9.7 

16.4 

18.1 

24.2 

27.1 

22.2 

28.4 

21.9 

43.7 

24.5 

29.9 

21.5 

21.6 

20.3 
20.6 
21.2 

29.6 

23.6 

29.6 

29.8 

30.5 
24.0 

27.9 

23.5 

30.8 

27.1 

21.5 
37.0 

20.9 

22.1 

22.9 

22.3 

27.5 
25.2 

2.1 

1.7 

15.1 

12.0 

8.7 

7.7 

4.3 

2.1 

9.7 

4.1 

8.2 

0.4 

4.7 

1.4 

7.4 

5.9 

8.0 

2.1 

6.5 

6.9 

5.2 

8.9 

2.0 

7.3 

3.5 

8.9 

4.6 

2.2 

9.6 

5.0 

5.8 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  767  600 

250  143 

181  572 

72.6 

309  003 

17  559 

26.1 

26.3 

5.7 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  4  Northwestern 

Chicago  Great  Weatern 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  4  St.  Paul 

Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  4  Omaha 
Duluth  4  Iron  Range 

Duluth,  Wissabe  4  Northern 

Duluth,  South  Shore  4  Atlantic 

Elgin,  Joliet  4  Eastern 

Great  Northern 

Mineral  Range 

Minneapolis  4  St.  Louis 

Minneapolis , St. Paul  4  Sault  Ste  Mari„ 
Northern  Pacific 

OregoruWeshington  R.  R.  4  Nav. 

Spokane,  Portland  4  Seattle 

833  8  61 
155  683 
.  1  054  545 
149  845 

6  008 

8  521 
24  282 
172  643 
655  467 

2  193 
118  301 
295  874 
810  737 
175  546 

4  5  506 

49  S83 

7  954 
57  689 

8  512 
445 
401 

1  293 

6  731 
35  467 

97 

5  516 
15  723 
38  468 

7  905 

2  152 

35  114 

6  025 
42  197 

6  171 
277 
297 
927 

4  302 
26  322 
53 

4  043 
12  591 
29  390 

6  405 

1  689 

70.4 

75.7 

73.1 

71.7 

62.2 

74.1 
71.7 
63.9 

74.2 
54.6 

73.3 
30.1 

76.4 
81.0 

78.5 

84  814 
13  746 
82  861 
17  070 

4  963 

7  271 

2  844 
16  432 
50  681 
941 

9  350 
20  828 
39  349 

9  151 

2  071 

5  187 
879 

4  855 

1  254 
209 
87 
470 

1  032 

3  600 
73 
621 

1  255 

2  528 
252 

94 

19.0 

18.7 

22.5 

16.3 

2.9 

•1.8 

14.7 

13.2 

22.6 

3.3 

19.0 

24.3 

31.5 

27.9 

33.5 

23.7 
25.9 

25.2 

24.3 

21.7 

28.7 
26.2 
4C.1 

25.3 

41.4 

29.3 

23.5 

27.6 

27.4 
27.0 

6.1 

6.4 

5.9 

7.3 

4.2 

1.2 

16.5 

6.3 

7.1 

7.8 

6. 6 

6.1 

6.4 

2.8 

4.5 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4  530  313 

238  336 

17  5  803 

73.8 

362  372 

22  407 

21.2 

25.8 

6.2 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

Atchison,  Topeka  4  Santa  Fe 

Chieago  4  Alton 

Chicago  4  Eastern  Illinois 

Chicago,  Burl.  4  Quincy  (incl.QCiKC) 
Chicago,  Peoria  4  St.  Louis 

Chicago,  R.I.  4  Pacific  (lr.cl.CRI4G) 
Chicago,  Terre  Haute  4  Southeastern 
Colorado  4  Southern 

Denver  4  Rio  Grande 

Denver  4  Salt  Lake 

El  Paso  4  Southwestern 

Fort  Worth  4  Denver  City 

Los  Angeles  4  Salt  Lake 

Northwestern  Ifeeific 

Oregon  Short  Line 

Southern  Pacific  (Pacific  Syetem) 
Toledo,  Peoria  4  Western 

Union  Pacific  (lncl.St.J4Gl) 

Western  Pa  cific 

10  984 

1  129  844 
214  243 
231  799 

1  362  431 
16  355 
748  37 d 
43  838 
65  174 
198  897 
22  967 
94  9  58 
53  031 
88  170 
14  066 
316  426 
868  409 

9  302 
808  102 
151  286 

523 
70  419 
11  067 
10  758 
67  341 
688 

40  726 

2  195 

3  594 

9  382 

1  005 

5  064 

3  032 

5  267 

1  021 

14  488 
47  485 
483 

41  274 

6  678 

330 
49  393 

7  532 

7  242 
47  482 
510 

30  406 

1  005 

2  196 

6  362 

556 

3  456 

2  048 

3  432 
675 

10'791 
33  776 
353 

31  490 

4  532 

53.1 

70.1 

68. 1 

67.3 
70.5 

74.1 

74.7 

45.8 

59.4 

67.8 

55.3 

68.3 

67.5 

65.2 
66.1 

74.5 

71.1 

73.1 

75.3 

67.9 

819 
70  966 
13  601 
18  188 
74  920 

1  977 
59  026 

4  420 

7  513 
16  324 

1  500 

4  223 

5  964 

3  633 

2  055 
11  694 
42  018 

911 

21  116 

3  195 

24 

4  354 
451 

1  938 

4  049 

85 

3  343 
260 
507 
717 
205 
118 
505 
189 

72 

423 

2  077 

70 

1  193 
140 

20.6 

32.0 

25.2 

19.1 

29.0 

11.2 

22.3 

16.0 

15.7 

16.0 

21.6 

38.7 

16.4 

45.8 

15.9 

40.0 

36.5 

17.1 

63.1 

67.4 

33.3 

22.9 

28.4 
32.0 
28.7 
32.1 

24.6 

43.6 

29.7 

31.3 

40.6 

27.5 

25.9 

25.7 

20.8 

29.3 
25.7 

26.4 
25.7 

33.4 

2.9 

6.1 

3.3 

10.7 

5.4 

4.3 

5.7 

5.9 
£.7 

4.3 

13.7 

2.8 

8.5 

5.2 

3.5 

3.6 

4.9 

7.7 

5.6 

4.4 

TOTAL  -  CENTRAL  WESTERN  RECICN 

6  448  669 

342  590 

243  582 

71.1 

3  54  £73 

2C  730 

30.3 

26.5 

5.7 

I 


59564 


JANUARY  .  1920 

Net 

toiv  miles 
(thousands) 
1 

” i  ■  MB - OPS  as  :  as—  bs 

Freight  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  car 5  on 
line  daily 

Efficiency  ratios 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 

loaded 
to  total 
4=  3  4-  2 

Tons 
per  car 
8=1  +  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  64-5 

Total 

5 

« 

Unservice¬ 

able 

6 

Car- miles 
Per  day 

7  =  £-Z_? 
31 

Road 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Fort  Worth  &  Rio  Grande 

3  111 

235 

161 

77.0 

993 

42 

7.6 

17.2 

4.2 

Gulf  Coa3t  Llne3 

47  294 

2  924 

1  877 

64.2 

5  237 

242 

18.0 

25.2 

4.6 

Gulf,  Colorado  A  Santa  Fe 

128  292 

7  258 

5  252 

72.4 

14  690 

723 

19.9 

24.4 

4.9 

International  &  Great  Northern 

86  493 

4  541 

3  393 

73.1 

5  084 

254 

29.4 

25.5 

5.0 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  A  Orient  System 

17  473 

1  061 

687 

64.6 

1  613 

106 

21.2 

25.4 

6.6 

Kansas  City  Southern  (incl.TAFS) 

142  036 

6  873 

5  201 

75.7 

6  002 

171 

36.9 

27.3 

2.8 

Louisiana  A  Arkansas 

12  380 

738 

466 

63.1 

1  593 

32 

14.9 

26.6 

2.0 

Midland  Valley 

19  029 

1  279 

688 

53.8 

2  012 

10 

20.5 

27.7 

0.5 

Missouri  A  -North  Arkansas 

6  169 

340 

258 

75.9 

687 

17 

16.0 

23.9 

2.5 

Missouri,  Kansas  A  Texas 

168  462 

10  444 

6  514 

62.4 

14  012 

722 

24.0 

25.9 

5.2 

Missouri,  Kansas  A  Texas  of  Texas 

86  821 

5  666 

3  733 

65.9 

15  071 

589 

12.1 

23.3 

3.9 

Missouri,  Oklahoma  A  Gulf 

18  375 

868 

559 

64.4 

2  013 

230 

13.9 

32.9 

11.4 

Missouri  Pacific 

744  495 

35  236 

27  608 

76.7 

52  357 

1  873 

22.3 

26.8 

3*5 

St.  Louis-San  Francisco 

401  178 

21  159 

15  357 

72,6 

36  811 

1  47f 

18.5 

26.1 

4.0 

8t.  Louis-San  Francisco  of  Texas 

6  903 

419 

30 1 

71.8 

1  214 

51 

11.1 

22.9 

4.2 

St.  Louis  Southwestern 

102  770 

5  383 

4  226 

78.5 

4  863 

152 

35.7 

24.3 

3.1 

St.  Louis  Southwestern  of  Texas 

39  356 

2  530 

1  722 

66. 1 

3  493' 

157 

23.4 

22.9 

4.5 

San  Antonio  A  Arar.sa6  Pass 

12  172 

888 

630 

70.9 

1  483 

84 

19.3 

19.3 

5.7 

Sunset  Lines  (incl.HATC  and  HEAlIT) 

369  468 

20  097 

14  237 

70.8 

25  798 

962 

25.1 

27.4 

3.7 

Texas  A  Pacific 

14  6  338 

8  396 

6  328 

75.4 

17  539 

1  279 

15.4 

23.1 

7.3 

Trinity  A  Brasoe  Valley 

10  649 

605 

486 

80.7 

852 

88 

22.9 

21.8 

1C. 3 

Wichita  Falls  A  Northwestern 

6  135 

390 

246 

63.1 

1  521 

27 

8.3 

24.9 

1.8 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  595  420 

138  432 

100  152 

72.3 

214  938 

9  285 

20.8 

25.9 

4.3 

MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  January  1920 


Month 

Car-ndles  per  day 

Tons  per  car 

Percentage 
of  unserviceable 

cars 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.3 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.6 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

- 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

- 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

- 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

- 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

- 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

- 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

- 

25.6 

29.4 

27.3 

- 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

- 

May 

29.0 

26.4 

22.8 

- 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

- 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

- 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23.0 

- 

27.8 

28.3 

27.5 

- 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

- 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

- 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

- 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

- 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

- 

27.9 

30.1 

26.0 

- 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

- 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

- 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

- 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

- 

27.7 

29.7 

28.0 

- 

5.6 

6.0 

7.4 

- 

November 

26.2 

24.6 

23.3 

- 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

- 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

- 

December 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.6 

27.7 

- 

5.2 

5.8 

6.2 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

- 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

- 

5.6 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

February  1920 


Statistics  of  freight  car  performance  for  the  month  of 
February,  1920,  herein  presented,  are  based  on  the  reports  of 
the  several  railways  of  Class  I  to  the  United  States  Railroad 
Administration. 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating 
revenues  above  $1,000,000.  This  olass  of  roads  operate  an  ag¬ 
gregate  mileage  approximating  90  per  oent  of  the  total  standard 
guage  steam  railway  mileage  of  the  United  States,  and  own  about 
96  per  cent  of  the  total  number  of  standard  guage  railway  oars. 
The  operated  mileage  included  in  this  statement  for  February  is 
230,515  miles  of  line. 

The  detailed  statistics  appear  on  the  second,  third,  and 
fourth  pages,  with  a  general  summary  by  regions  at  the  top  of 
the  second  page.  A  monthly  summary  covering  the  period  from 
January,  1917,  to  February,  1920,  appears  at  the  foot  of  the 
fourth  page. 

Net  ton-miles  inolude  both  revenue  and  non-revenue  freight 
throughout.  Freight  oar-miles  inolude  all  mileage  made  by  rev¬ 
enue  freight  cars  in  freight  and  mixed  trains.  Unserviceable 
freight  cars  are  those  in  or  awaiting  shop,  including  all  "bad 
order"  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  February  were 
as  follows: 


Fer  cent  of  loaded  car- miles . 71.9 

Car-miles  per  day  . . . . 22.3 

Tons  per  loaded  car  . 28.3 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  cars  . .  6.5 


CONSECUTIVE  NO.  I  54 
O.  S.  SER.  A  NO.  2 


FEBRUARY  1920 

Net 

Freieht  c 

ar-miles  <t 

bousandsl 

Freight 

cars  on 

Effic 

iencv  ra 

tlos 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4-3  +  2 

line  daily 

Per  cent  of 

ton-miles 

(thousands 

1 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Total 

5 

Unservice¬ 

able 

6 

Car -mile  e 
per  day 
rj  2+5 
=  29 

Road 

Tons 
per  car 
8-1  +  3 

unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  6+5 

EASTERN  REGION 

7  263  140 

346  673 

254  235 

73.3 

678  197 

50  270 

17.6 

28.6 

7*4 

ALLEGHENY  REGION 

5  854  097 

254  320 

176  022 

69.2 

473  827 

34  237 

18.5 

33.3 

7.2 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

1  868  635 

74  012 

46  474 

62.8 

75  656 

6  141 

33.7 

40.2 

8.1 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  433  667 

233  160 

170  lie 

73.0 

308  988 

17  098 

26.0 

26.1 

5.5 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4  636  329 

238  598 

178  205 

74.7 

366  174 

22  971 

22.5 

26.0 

6.3 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  130  790 

323  648 

232  295 

71.8 

368  862 

20  491 

30*3 

26.4 

5.6 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  572  131 

139  939 

100  675 

71.9 

223  650 

10  136 

21.6 

25.5 

4.5 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

32  758  789 

1  610  350 

1  158  024 

71.9 

2  495  354 

161  344 

22.3 

28.3 

6.5 

EASTERN  REGION 

New  England  District 

Bangor  &  Aroostook 

12  802 

800 

562 

70.3 

2  764 

176 

10.0 

22.8 

6.4 

Boston  i  Albany 

74  151 

4  216 

3  138 

74.4 

9  814 

402 

14.8 

23.6 

4.1 

Boston  &  Maine 

181  196 

9  828 

7  439 

75.7 

38  799 

3  234 

8.7 

24.4 

8.3 

Central  New  England 

21  805 

1  084 

749 

69.1 

4  542 

488 

8.2 

29.1 

10.7 

Central  Vermont 

21  004 

1  321 

1  037 

73.5 

3  398 

232 

13.4 

20.3 

6.8 

Grand  Trunk  in  New  England 

21  180 

974 

669 

68.7 

1  958 

84 

17.2 

31.7 

4.3 

Maine  Central 

42  505 

2  305 

1  701 

73.8 

9  534 

961 

8.3 

25.0 

10.1 

New  York,  New  Haven  4  Hartford 

134  264 

7  404 

6  029 

81.4 

49  179 

1  2  682 

5.2 

22.3 

5.5 

Rutland 

19  272 

943 

793 

84.1 

1  710 

76 

19.0 

24.3 

4.4 

Centred.  District 

Ann  Arbor 

33  228 

1  293 

1  070 

82.8 

4  083 

229 

10.9 

31.1 

5.6 

Buffalo,  Rochester  4  Pittsburg 

153  170 

6  287 

3  860 

61.4 

8  516 

567 

25.4 

39.7 

6.7 

Delaware  4  Hudson 

249  133 

10  087 

6  994 

69.3 

17  157 

1  014 

20.3 

35.6 

5.9 

Delaware,  Lackawanna  4  Western 

362  134 

17  889 

13  022 

72.8 

25  639 

1  386 

24.1 

27.8 

5.4 

Detroit  4  Sbckinac 

6  041 

350 

247 

70.6 

810 

81 

14.9 

24.5 

10.0 

Detroit  4  Toledo  Shore  Line 

15  119 

720 

404 

56.1 

1  238 

88 

20.1 

37.4 

7.1 

Erie  (Inel. Chicago  4  Erie) 

825  739 

37  949 

27  861 

73.4 

57  123 

4  043 

22.9 

29.6 

7.1 

Grand  Trunk  Western  Lines 

140  197 

7  992 

6  329 

79.2 

14  334 

1  754 

19.2 

22.2 

12.2 

Lehigh  4  Hudson  Rivsr 

13  350 

554 

434 

78.3 

1  413 

82 

13.5 

30.8 

5.8 

Lehigh  4  Hew  England 

16  742 

521 

342 

65.6 

2  918 

205 

6.2 

49.0 

7.0 

Lehigh  Valley 

419  804 

19  969 

14  330 

71.8 

40  964 

2  381 

16.8 

29.3 

5.8 

Michigan  Central 

414  621 

21  402 

17  077 

79.8 

39  745 

2  705 

18.6 

24.3 

6.6 

Monongahela 

19  759 

842 

462 

54.9 

2  333 

105 

12.4 

42.8 

4.5 

New  York  Central 

1  618  179 

80  602 

58  308 

72.3 

157  970 

11  189 

17.6 

27.8 

7.1 

New  York,  Chicago  4  St.  Louis 

244  173 

12  472 

10  209 

81.9 

11  888 

738 

36.2 

23.9 

6.2 

N6w  York,  Ontario  4  Western 

56  201 

2  144 

1  451 

67.7 

7  308 

922 

10.1 

38.7 

12.6 

New  York, Susque.S  West. (Inel.WB4E) 

7  131 

268 

209 

76.0 

2  826 

50 

3  .3 

34.1 

1.8 

Pere  Marquette 

182  115 

8  833 

6  959 

78.8 

22  948 

1  575 

13.3 

26.2 

6.9 

Pittsburg  4  Lake  Erie 

188  855 

7  250 

4  546 

62.7 

25  427 

2  307 

9.8 

41.5 

9.1 

Pittsburg  4  Shawmut 

11  919 

428 

219 

51.2 

530 

15 

27.8 

54.4 

2.8 

Pittsburgh  4  West  Virginia 

9  264 

337 

222 

65.9 

775 

89 

15.0 

41.7 

11.5 

Ulster  4  Delaware 

1  623 

72 

49 

68.1 

254 

7 

9.8 

33.1 

2.8 

Wabash 

383  161 

18  579 

15  063 

81.1 

23  526 

2  482 

27.2 

25.4 

10.6 

Ohio-Indiana  District 

Chicago,  Indianapolis  4  Louisville 

99  482 

4  418 

3  266 

73.9 

5  648 

539 

27.0 

30.5 

9.5 

Cincinnati,  Indianapolis  4  Western 

31  634 

1  430 

980 

68.5 

1  565 

295 

31.5 

32.3 

18.9 

Cincinnati  Northern 

33  330 

1  670 

1  035 

62.0 

1  346 

89 

42.8 

32.2 

6.6 

C leve land, C inn. .Chicago  4  St .Louis 

574  180 

27  813 

19  791 

71.2 

32  472 

2  112 

29.5 

29.0 

6.5 

Detroit,  Toledo  4  Ironton 

48  906 

1  748 

1  223 

70.0 

3  553 

581 

17.0 

40.0 

16.4 

Hocking  Valley 

126  872 

4  732 

2  976 

62.9 

9  937 

1  812 

16.4 

42.6 

16.2 

Kanawha  4  Michigan 

40  315 

1  870 

1  014 

54.2 

2  868 

311 

22.5 

39.8 

10.8 

Lake  Erie  4  Western 

79  246 

3  473 

2  960 

85.2 

5  550 

381 

21.6 

26.8 

6.9 

Toledo  4  Ohio  Central 

119  665 

5  159 

2  683 

52.0 

8  066 

517 

22.1 

44.6 

6.4 

Toledo,  St. Louis  4  Western 

105  547 

5  110 

3  947 

77.2 

3  848 

227 

45.8 

26.7 

5.9 

Wheeling  4  Lake  Erie  (Incl.L.4WV) 

104  116 

3  535 

2  576 

72.9 

11  921 

1  057 

10.2 

40.4 

6.9 

Total  -  New  England  District 

528  189 

28  875 

22  117 

76.6 

121  698 

8  335  | 

8.2 

23.9 

6.8 

Total  -  Central  District 

5  371  658 

25  6  840 

189  667 

73.8 

469  725 

34  014 

18.9 

28.3 

7.2 

Total  -  Ohio-Indiana  District 

1  363  293 

60  958 

42  451 

69.6 

86  774 

7  921 

24.2 

32.1 

9.1 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  EASTERN  REGION 

7  263  140 

346  673 

254  235 

73.3 

678  197 

50  270  1 

17.6 

28.6 

7.4 

ALLEGHENY  REGION 

Baltimore  4  Ohio  (East  and  West) 

1  497  477 

67  032 

47  860 

71.4 

94  188 

5  494 

24.5 

31.3 

5.8 

Bessemer  4  Lake  Erie 

75  882 

2  121 

1  573 

74.2 

3  753 

321  j 

19.5 

48.2 

8  *6 

Buffalo  4  Susquehanna 

23  745 

1  062 

545 

51.3 

1  196 

140  1 

30.6 

43  .6 

11.7 

Central  of  New  Jersey 

171  681 

7  947 

5  002 

62.9 

23  340 

1  801  ! 

11.7 

34+3 

7«7 

Cumberland  Valley 

40  308 

1.760 

1  268 

72.0 

1  987 

107 

30.5 

31*8 

5*4 

Grand  Rapids  4  Indiana 

51  243 

2  425 

1  853 

76.4 

5  480 

797 

15.3 

27.7 

14.5 

Long  Island 

7  403 

476 

341 

71.6 

6  453 

221 

2.5 

21.7 

3  *4 

Hew  York,  Philadelphia  4  Norfolk 

29  039 

1  368 

1  219 

89.1 

2  322 

86 

20.3 

23.8 

3  .7 

Pennsylvania  (East) 

2  157  389 

88  532 

59  622 

67.3 

173  138 

12  129 

17.6 

36*2 

7*0 

Pennsylvania  (West)  (Incl.PCC4StL) 

1  138  282 

56  025 

39  311 

70.2 

113  369 

10  599 

17.0 

29.0 

9*3 

Philadelphia  4  Reading 

508  454 

19  894 

13  678 

68.8 

39  186 

1  969 

17*5 

37.2 

5*0 

Western  Maryland 

141  957 

5  136 

3  385 

65.9 

7  816 

567 

22.7 

41.9 

7  *3 

West  Jersey  4  Seashore 

11  237 

542 

365 

67.3 

1  599 

6  1 

11.7 

30*8 

0*4 

TOTAL  -  ALLEGHENY  REGION 

5  854  097 

254  320 

176  022 

69.2 

473  827 

34  237  , 

18.5 

33.3 

7.2 

'■■■  - ■■  -  ■  — ~  .  ■  —  -  = 

FEBRUARY  1920 

Net 

ton -miles 
(thousands) 

1 

Freight  cars  on 
line  daily 

.  Efficiency  ratios 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4=  3  4-  2 

Car -miles 
psr  day 
7.24-5 
29 

Tons 

per  car 
8-1  4-  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  6  -5-  5 

Total 

5 

Unservice¬ 

able 

6 

Road 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

Chesapeake  A  Ohio 

861  448 

35  768 

22  221 

62.1 

35  184 

3  024 

35.1 

38.8 

8.6 

Norfolk  A  Western 

828  252 

31  656 

20  822 

65.8 

32  597 

2  383 

33.5 

39.8 

7.3 

Virginian 

178  935 

,  6  588 

3  431 

52.1 

7  875 

734 

28.8 

52.2 

9.3 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

L  868  635 

74  012 

46  474 

62.8 

75  656 

6  141 

33.7 

40.2 

8.1 

80UTHERN  REGION 

Alabama  A  Vicksburg 

12  524 

751 

519 

69.1 

1  270 

11 

20.4 

24.1 

0.9 

Alabama  Creat  Southern 

67  682 

3  231 

2  543 

78.7 

4  260 

63 

26.2 

26.6 

1.5 

Atlanta  A  West  Point  (Incl.WRRofA) 

15  284 

942 

676 

71.8 

1  528 

222 

21.3 

22.6 

14.5 

Atlanta,  Birmingham  &  Atlantic 

49  867 

2  758 

1  605 

65.4 

3  540 

222 

26.9 

27.6 

6.3 

Atlantic  Coast  Line 

303  529 

21  270 

14  752 

69.4 

35  213 

3  169 

20.8 

20.6 

9.0 

Carolina,  Clinchfield  &  Ohio 

63  400 

2  742 

1  521 

55.5 

3  925 

206 

24.1 

41.7 

5.2 

Central  of  Georgia 

111  067 

5  804 

4  508 

77.7 

10  174 

262 

19.7 

24.6 

2.6 

Charleston  A  Western  Carolina 

18  230 

920 

612 

66.5 

2  126 

98 

14.9 

29.8 

4.6 

Cincinnati, New  Orleans  A  Texas  Pacific 

129  497 

6  559 

5  795 

88.4 

8  039 

470 

28.1 

22.3 

5.6 

Florida  East  Coast 

60  092 

4  390 

2  831 

64.5 

3  728 

189 

40.6 

21.2 

5.1 

Georgia 

26  266 

1  554 

1  225 

78.8 

2  578 

443 

20.8 

21.4 

17.2 

Georgia  A  Florida 

3  791 

291 

213 

73.2 

499 

3 

20.1 

17.8 

e.6 

Georgia,  Southern  A  Florida 

24  874 

1  509 

1  099 

72.8 

1  720 

71 

30.3 

22.6 

4.1 

Gulf  A  Ship  Island 

7  888 

416 

303 

72.8 

1  034 

27 

13.9 

26.0 

2.6 

Gulf,  Mobile  A  Northern 

10  433 

554 

424 

76.5 

1  490 

77 

12.8 

24.6 

5.2 

Illinois  Central  (incl.YAMV) 

l  307  063 

63  335 

45  317 

71.6 

55  771 

3  258 

39.2 

28.8 

5.8 

Louisville  A  Nashville 

792  870 

38  475 

26  058 

67.7 

43  602 

3  155 

30.4 

30.4 

7.2 

Louisville,  Henderson  A  St. Louis 

23  126 

918 

702 

76.5 

568 

14 

55.7 

32.9 

2.5 

Mississippi  Central 

2  103 

120 

82 

68.3 

389 

18 

10.6 

25.6 

4.6 

Mobile  A  Ohio 

160  967 

7  513 

5  991 

79.7 

8  627 

832 

30.0 

26.9 

9.6 

Nashville,  Chattanooga  A  St .Louis 

113  741 

<  028 

4  848 

80.4 

9  729 

427 

21.4 

23.5 

4.4 

Heir  Orleans  A  Northeastern 

42  227 

1  873 

1  524 

81.4 

3  611 

235 

17.9 

27.7 

6.5 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

8  893 

475 

319 

67.2 

930 

20 

17.6 

27.9 

2.1 

Norfolk  Southern 

22  379 

1  327 

1  018 

76.7 

4  515 

383 

10.1 

22.0 

8.5 

Northern  Alabama 

8  191 

344 

221 

64.2 

820 

13 

14.5 

37.1 

1.6 

Richmond,  Fred.  A  Potomac  (incl.WS) 

32  678 

2  093 

1  629 

77.8 

2  463 

172 

29.3 

20.1 

7.0 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

233  982 

14  100 

10  150 

72.0 

24  790 

1  070 

19.6 

23.1 

4.3 

Southern 

748  967 

41  184 

32  190 

78.2 

67  911 

1  692 

20.9 

23.3 

2.5 

Southern  Ry.  in  Mississippi 

5  270 

299 

230 

76.9- 

1  058 

122 

9.7 

22.9 

11.5 

Tennessee  Central 

11  869 

571 

427 

74.8 

1  425 

61 

13.8 

27.8 

4.3 

Vicksburg,  Shreveport  A  Pacifio 

14  915 

814 

586 

72.0 

1  655 

93 

17.0 

25.5 

5.6 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  433  667 

233  160 

170  118 

73.0 

308  988 

17  098 

26.0 

26.1 

5.5 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  A  North  Western 

837  451 

48  861 

35  084 

71.8 

85  212 

5  554 

19.8 

23.9 

6.5 

Chicago  Great  Western 

149  427 

7  718 

5  874 

76.1 

12  702 

897 

21.0 

25.4 

7.1 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  A  St.  Paul 

1  100  499 

57  327 

43  203 

75.4 

91  458 

5  260 

21.6 

25.5 

5.8 

Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  A  Omaht 

164  023 

8  992 

6  648 

73.9 

13  835 

1  037 

22.4 

24.7 

7.5 

Dulutfi’  A  Iron  Range 

7  694 

553 

315 

57.0 

5  611 

214 

3.4 

24.4 

3.8 

Duluth,  Miseabe  A  Northern 

7  384 

389 

271 

69.7 

6  109 

90 

1.7 

27.2 

1.1 

Duluth,  South  Shore  A  Atlantic 

22  550 

1  155 

815 

70.5 

2  665 

122 

15.0 

27.6 

4.6 

Elgin,  Joliet  A  Eastern 

177  150 

7  246 

4  459 

61.5 

18  480 

969 

13.5 

39.7 

5.2 

Great  Northern 

678  442 

34  764 

26  191 

75.3 

47  732 

3  685 

25.1 

25.9 

7.7 

Mineral  Range 

2  045 

94 

52 

55.3 

945 

14 

3.4 

39.3 

1.5 

Minneapolis  A  St .Louis 

114  687 

5  263 

4  056 

77.1 

8  738 

690 

20.8 

28.3 

7.9 

Minneacolis ,St .Paul  A  Sault  Ste  Marie 

306  158 

16  131 

12  991 

80.5 

19  886 

1  444 

28.0 

23.6 

7.3 

Northern  Pacific 

820  872 

39  172 

29  576 

75.5 

38  718 

2  677 

34.9 

27.8 

6.9 

Oregon-Washington  R.R.  A  Nav. 

204  243 

8  966 

7  049 

78.6 

10-146 

235 

30.5 

29.0 

2.3 

Spokar.e ,  Portland  A  Seattle 

43  704 

1  967 

1  621 

82.4 

1  935 

83 

35.1 

27.0 

4.3 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4  636  329 

238  598 

178  205 

74.7 

366  174 

22  971 

22.5 

26.0 

6.3 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Aril one  Eastern 

10  032 

483 

296 

61.3 

832 

16 

20.0 

33.9 

1.9 

Atchison,  Topeka  A  Santa  Fe 

1  060  068 

65  041 

46  142 

70.9 

73  446 

4  573 

30.5 

23.0 

6.2 

Chicago  A  Alton 

192  732 

10  666 

6  949 

65.2 

14  061 

459 

26.2 

27.7 

3.3 

Chicago  A  Eastern  Illinois 

225  018 

10  699 

7  151 

66.8 

18  304 

1  851 

20.2 

31.5 

10.1 

Chicago, Burl.  A  Quincy  (incl.QOAKC) 

1  338  340 

64  821 

46  895 

72.3 

76  425 

4  141 

29.2 

28.5 

5.4 

Chicago,  Peoria  A  St.  Louis 

18  092 

792 

601 

75.9 

1  779 

81 

15.4 

30.1 

4.6 

Chicago,  R.I.  A  Pacific  (Incl.CRIAG) 

755  399 

41  382 

31  041 

75.0 

58  350 

3  322 

24.5 

24.3 

5.7 

Chicago,  Terre  Haute  A  Southeastern 

44  527 

2  145 

1  016 

47.4 

3  865 

278 

19.1 

43.8 

7.2 

Colorado  A  Southern 

54  657 

2  714 

1  697 

62.5 

7  150 

478 

13.1 

32.2 

6.7 

Denver  A  Rio  Grande 

170  038 

8  249 

5  314 

64.4 

15  328 

646 

18.6 

32.0 

4.2 

Denver  A  Salt  Lake 

21  067 

917 

523 

57.0 

1  219 

199 

25.9 

40.3 

16.3 

El  Paeo  A  Southwestern 

96  869 

5  324 

3  526 

66.2 

4  214 

118 

43.6 

27.5 

2.8 

Fort  Worth  A  Denver  City 

50  827 

2  812 

1  988 

70.7 

6  206 

388 

15,6 

25.7 

6.3 

Los  Angeles  A  Salt  Lake 

68  052 

4  050 

2  786 

68.8 

3  002 

193 

46.5 

24.4 

6.4 

Northwestern  Pacific 

11  367 

850 

535 

62.9 

1  890 

69 

15.5 

21.2 

3.7 

Oregon  Short  Line 

333  151 

14  938 

11  006 

73.7 

11  572 

416 

44.5 

30.3 

3.6 

Southern  Pacific  (Pacific  System) 

775  234 

42  972 

30  315 

70.5 

45  785 

1  860 

32.4 

25.6 

4.1 

Toledo,  Peoria  A  Western 

10  098 

471 

379 

80.5 

854 

59 

19.0 

26.6 

6.9 

Union  Pacific  (incl.StJAGI) 

763  702 

38  316 

30  675 

80.1 

21  458 

1  203 

61.6 

24.9 

5.6 

Western  Pacific 

131  520 

6  006 

3  460 

57.6 

3  122 

141 

66.3 

<o8  *0 

4.5 

TOTAL  -  CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  130  790 

323  648 

232  295 

71.8 

368  862 

20  491 

30.3 

26.4 

5.6 

FEBRUARY  1920 

Road 

Net 

•ton -miles 
(thousands ) 

1 

Freight  Car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars  on 
line  daily 

Efficiency  ratioe 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  oent 
loaded 
to  total 
4*  3  +  2 

Car -mile  s 
per  day 

7  ?  _5 

Tons 
per  ear 
8*1  -5-  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  care 
9-645 

Total 

5 

Unservice¬ 

able 

6 

29 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Fort  Worth  4  Rio  Grande 

4  039 

290 

203 

70.0 

1  237 

41 

e.i 

19.9 

3.3 

Gulf  Coaat  Lines 

54  871 

3  338 

2  215 

66.4 

5  211 

225 

22.1 

24.8 

4.3 

Gulf ,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe 

121  860 

6  999 

5  126 

73.2 

15  640 

797 

15.4 

23  .B 

5.1 

International  4  Great  Northern 

87  467 

4  880 

3  523 

72.2 

5  586 

311 

30.1 

24.8 

5.6 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  4  Orient  System 

13  644 

911 

570 

62.6 

1  630 

99 

19.3 

23.9 

6.1 

Kansas  City  Southern  (Incl.T4FS) 

14  9  436 

7  373 

5  542 

75.2 

6  753 

201 

37.6 

27.0 

3.0 

Louisiana  4  Arkansas 

15  943 

954 

567 

59.4 

2  736 

38 

12.0 

28.1 

1.4 

Midland  Valley 

18  135 

1  235 

640 

51.8 

2  250 

26 

18.9 

28.3 

1.2 

Missouri  4  North  Arkansas 

6  671 

320 

270 

84.4 

708 

19 

15.6 

24.7 

2.7 

Missouri,  Kansas  4  7exa6 

154  178 

10  928 

6  469 

59.2 

14  275 

798 

26.4 

23.8 

5.6 

Missouri,  Kansas  4  Texas  of  Texas 

101  649 

6  800 

4  307 

63.3 

15  319 

666 

15.3 

23.6 

4.3 

Missouri,  Oklahoma  4  Gulf 

19  052 

934 

603 

64.6 

2  016 

195 

16.0 

31.6 

9.7 

Missouri  Pacific 

726  739 

35  564 

27  275 

76.7 

54  563 

2  001 

22.5 

26.6 

3.7 

St.  Louis-Sar.  Francisco 

407  972 

22  289 

16  119 

72.3 

36  529 

1  670 

21.0 

25.3 

4.6 

St.  Louis-San  Francisco  4  Texas 

8  770 

490 

340 

69.4 

1  511 

50 

11.2 

25.8 

3.3 

St.  Louis  Southwestern 

119  933 

6  244 

4  865 

77.9 

6  108 

198 

35.3 

24.7 

3.2 

St.  Louis  Southwestern  of  Texas 

45  167 

2  576 

1  846 

71.7 

4  276 

179 

20.8 

24.5 

4.2 

San  Antonio  4  Aransas  Pass 

13  474 

855 

633 

74.0 

1  466 

92 

20.1 

21.3 

6.3 

Sunset  Lines  (Inel.H4TC  and  HE&WT) 

345  829 

17  630 

12  727 

72.2 

25  745 

920 

23.6 

27.2 

3.6 

Texas  4  Pacific 

136  029 

8  116 

5  932 

73.1 

17  684 

1  414 

15.8 

22.9 

8.0 

Trinity  4  Braxos  Valley 

15  084 

757 

653 

86.3 

966 

160 

27.0 

23.1 

16.6 

Wichita  Falls  4  Northwestern 

6  189 

456 

250 

54.8 

1  441 

36 

10.9 

24.8 

2.5 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  572  131 

139  939 

100  675 

71.9 

223  650 

10  136 

21.6 

25.5 

4.5 

MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  February  1920 


Month 

Car -mile  e  per  day 

Tons  per  car 

Percentage 

of  unserviceable  cars 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.3 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.6 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28.3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

- 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

- 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

- 

25.6 

29.4 

27.3 

- 

5.6 

5.1 

6.4 

- 

May 

29.0 

26.4 

22.8 

- 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

- 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

- 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23.0 

- 

27.8 

28.3 

27.5 

- 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

- 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

- 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

- 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

- 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

- 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

- 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

•- 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

- 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

- 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

- 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

- 

27.7 

29.7 

28.0 

- 

5.6 

6.0 

7.4 

- 

November 

26.2 

24.6 

23.3 

- 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

- 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

- 

December 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27.7 

- 

5.2 

5.8 

6.2 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

- 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

- 

5.6 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

March  1920 


Statistics  of  freight  car  performance  for  the  month  of 
Maroh,  1920,  herein  presented,  are  based  on  the  reports  of 
the  several  railways  of  Class  I  to  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission. 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating 
revenues  above  $1,000,000.  This  class  of  roads  operate  an 
aggregate  mileage  approximating  90  per  cent  of  the  total 
standard  guage  steam  railway  mileage  of  the  United  States, 
and  own  about  96  per  cent  of  the  total  number  of  standard 
guage  railway  cars.  The  operated  mileage  included  in  this 
statement  for  Maroh  is  230,041  miles  of  line. 

To  aoocrd  with  the  territorial  grouping  of  the  Inter¬ 
state  Commerce  Commission,  the  old  Central  District  is  no w 
entitled  "Great  Lakes  Region",  while  the  old  Ohio-Indiana 
and  Allegheny  districts  are  now  combined  into  the  "Ohio- 
Indiana-  Allegheny  Region". 

Net  ton-miles  include  both  revenue  and  non-revenue 
freight  throughout.  Freight  car-miles  include  all  mileage 
made  by  revenue  freight  cars  in  freight,  mixed,  and  special 
trains.  Unserviceable  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  awaiting 
shop,  including  all  "bad  order"  cars. 

The  detailed  statistics  appear  on  the  second,  third,  and 
fourth  pages,  with  a  general  summary  by  regions  at  the  top  of 
the  second  page.  A  monthly  summary  covering  the  period  from 
January,  1917,  to  March,  1920,  appears  at  the  foot  of  the 
fourth  page. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  Maroh  were  as 
follows: 


Per  cent  of  loaded  car-miles . .  72.3 

Car-miles  per  day  . 23.8 

Tons  per  loaded  oar . .  28.3 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  cars  ......  7.0 


Consecutive  no.  156 
O.  S.  SER.  A  NO.  3 


MARCH  1920 

Freight 

car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars  on 

Efficiency  ratio* 

Net 

Per  cent 

Per  cent  of 

ton-niles 

Total 

Loaded 

loaded 

Total 

Uneerviee- 

Car-Miles 

Tons 

unse  rvioe- 

(thousands) 

to  total 

able 

per  day c 

per  car 

able  care 

Road 

1 

2 

3 

4-3  +  2 

5 

6 

•7-2  +  5 
31 

8-1  +  3 

9-6  +  5 

HEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

887  742 

48  669 

37  649 

77.4 

126  324 

9  049 

12.4 

24.6 

7.2 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

6  742  780 

323  554 

241  369 

74.6 

488  864 

36  413 

21.4 

27.9 

7.4 

OHIO-INLIANA-ALLECHENY  REGION 

8  855  927 

384  658 

267  599 

69.6 

565  431 

43  598 

21.9 

33.1 

7.7 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  246  115 

85  737 

53  029 

61.9 

72  229 

6  271 

38.3 

42.4 

8.7 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  887  242 

259  161 

188  540 

72.8 

307  824 

20  633 

27.2 

25.9 

6.7 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  031  214 

250  711 

189  707 

75.7 

365  897 

25  230 

22.1 

26.5 

6.9 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  567  308 

347  261 

253  055 

72.9 

355  350 

21  791 

31.5 

26.0 

6.1 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  772  665 

156  975 

1U  093 

70.8 

231  926 

11  874 

21.8 

25.0 

5.1 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

37  990  993 

1  856  746 

1  342  041 

72.3 

2  513  845 

174  659 

23.8 

28.3 

7.0 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

Atlantic  A  St.  Lawrence 

26  811 

1  239 

804 

62.4 

1  733 

177 

24.0 

33.3 

10.2 

Bangor  A  Aroostook 

22  585 

1  459 

987 

67.6 

2  578 

127 

18.3 

22.9 

4.9 

Boston  &  Albany 

116  967 

6  686 

5  260 

78.7 

10  596 

418 

20.4 

22.2 

3.9 

Boston  4  Maine 

268  554 

14  612 

11  475 

78.5 

39  190 

3  378 

12.0 

23.4 

8.6 

Canadian  Pacific  (Lines  in  Maine) 

34  ?30 

1  770 

1  432 

80.9 

1  002 

33 

57.0 

24.3 

3.3 

Central  New  England 

35  697 

1  787 

1  196 

66.9 

4  306 

600 

13.4 

29.8 

13.9 

Central  Vermont 

30  670 

1  840 

1  456 

79.1 

3  820 

243 

15.5 

21.1 

6.4 

Maine  Central 

79  734 

4  419 

3  235 

73.2 

10  315 

1  057 

13.8 

24.6 

10.2 

New  York,  New  Haven  4  Hartford 

246  125 

13  648 

10  780 

79.0 

50  588 

2  924 

8.7 

22.8 

5.8 

Rutland 

25  869 

1  159 

1  024 

88.4 

2  196 

92 

17.0 

25.3 

4.2 

TOTAL  -  NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

887  742 

48  669 

37  649 

77.4 

126  324 

9  049 

12.4 

24.6 

7.2 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

Ann  Arbor 

33  463 

1  280 

1  074 

83.9 

4  456 

221 

9.3 

31.2 

5.0 

Buffalo,  Rochester  4  Pittsburg 

201  399 

8  833 

4  961 

56.2 

8  328 

706 

34.2 

40.6 

8.5 

Chicago, Detroit  4  Canada  Grd.  Trk.  Jc 

.  8  621 

436 

305 

70.0 

552 

69 

25.5 

28.3 

12.5 

Delaware  4  Hudson 

324  575 

13  692 

9  513 

69.5 

18  392 

934 

24.0 

34.1 

5.1 

Delaware, Lackawanna  4  Western 

473  770 

22  499 

17  173 

76.3 

27  177 

1  477 

26.7 

27.6 

5.4 

Detroit  4  Mackinac 

8  104 

445 

325 

73.0 

1  028 

77 

14.0 

24.9 

7.5 

Detroit  4  Toledo -Shore  Lins  a 

Detroit,  Grand  Haven  4  Milwaukee 

22  992 

1  233 

968 

78.5 

1  562 

194 

25.5 

23.8 

12.4 

Erie  (Xncl.  Chicago  4  Erie) 

1  060  645 

47  515 

35  809 

75.4 

63  718 

4  295 

24.1 

29.6 

6.7 

Grand  Trunk  Western 

126  792 

7  606 

5  759 

75.7 

9  632 

1  198 

25.5 

22.0 

12.4 

Lehigh  4  Hudson  River 

26  320 

1  015 

728 

71.7 

1  038 

75 

31.5 

36.2 

7.2 

Lehigh  4  New  England 

23  405 

865 

490 

56.6 

2  605 

176 

10.7 

47.8 

6.8 

Lehigh  Valley 

535  169 

24  875 

18  669 

75.1 

41  991 

2  609 

19.1 

28.7 

6.2 

Michigan  Central 

484  309 

25  339 

20  385 

80.4 

42  121 

2  857 

19.4 

23.8 

6.8 

Konongahela 

17  542 

856 

485 

56.7 

2  045 

68 

13.5 

36.2 

3.3 

New  Jersey  fc  New  York 

349 

26 

lo 

61.5 

115 

“ 

7.3 

21.8 

- 

New  York  Central 

2  136  427 

107  631 

78  416 

72.9 

169  908 

12  097 

20.4 

27 .2 

7.1 

New  York,  Chicago  4  St.  Louie 

294  305 

14  515 

12  285 

84.6 

11  228 

733 

41.7 

24.0 

6.5 

New  York,  Ontario  4  Western 

66  054 

2  777 

1  646 

66.5 

6  820 

941 

13.1 

35.8 

13.8 

New  York,  Susquehanna  4  Western 

10  081 

429 

302 

70.4 

3  366 

142 

4.1 

33.4 

4.2 

Pere  Marquette 

213  150 

10  913 

8  486 

77.8 

23  436 

1  463 

15.0 

25.1 

6.2 

Pittsburg  4  Lake  Erie 

226  306 

8  118 

5  444 

67.1 

25  659 

2  393 

10.2 

41.6 

9.3 

Pittsburg  4  Shawaut 

14  103 

541 

277 

51.2 

569 

15 

30.7 

50.9 

2.6 

Pitteburg,  Shawmut  4  Northern 

13  633 

514 

317 

61.7 

1  760 

1  082 

9.4 

43.0 

61.  < 

Ulster  4  Delaware 

1  561 

83 

55 

66.2 

251 

11 

10.7 

28.4 

4.4 

Wabash 

419  205 

21  518 

17  281 

80,3 

21  097 

2  580 

32.9 

24.3 

12.2 

TOTAL  -  GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

6  742  780 

323  554 

241  369 

74.6 

488  864 

36  413 

21.4 

27.9 

7.4 

OHIO-INDIANA-ALLEGHENY  REGION 

Atlantic  City 

4  950 

237 

164 

69.2 

329 

6 

22.6 

30.2 

1*8 

Baltimore  4  Ohio  (East  4  West) 

1  824  646 

78  809 

55  525 

70.5 

94  589 

6  233 

26.9 

32.9 

6*6 

Bessemer  4  Lake  Erie 

79  561 

2  208 

1  633 

74.0 

3  228 

368 

22.0 

48.7 

11.4 

Buffalo  4  Susquehanna  R.R.Corp. 

27  810 

1  161 

620 

53.4 

1  608 

151 

23.3 

44.9 

9.4 

Central  of  New  Jersey 

232  713 

10  751 

6  920 

64.4 

22  760 

1  768 

15.2 

33*6 

7.8 

Chicago,  Indianapolis  4  Louisville 

94  812 

4  383 

3  195 

72.9 

5  282 

483 

26.3 

29.7 

9.0 

Cincinnati,  Indianapolis  4  Western 

37  126 

1  593 

1  238 

77.7 

1  913 

308 

26.9 

30.0 

16.1 

Cincinnati  Northern 

36  270 

1  682 

1  139 

67.7 

1  154 

68 

47.0 

31.8 

5.9 

Cleve land  .-Cincinnati  .Chicago  &  St.Lcuis  607  836 

31  389 

22  982 

73.2 

32  064 

2  202 

31.6 

26.4 

6.9 

Detroit, Toledo  4  Ironton 

43  874 

1  598 

1  113 

69.6 

2  497 

527 

20.6 

39.4 

21.1 

Hooking  Valley 

134  531 

5  327 

3  161 

59.3 

9  132 

1  763 

is  .e 

42.6 

19.3 

Kanawha  4  Michigan 

3  9  236 

1  670 

1  009 

60.4 

2  680 

286 

20.1 

38.9 

10.7 

Lake  Erie  4  Western 

77  225 

3  492 

2  955 

84.6 

4  654 

337 

24.2 

26*1 

7.2 

Long  Ieland 

12  003 

846 

572 

67.6 

7  500 

346 

3  *6 

21.0 

4.6 

Pennsylvania  Lines 

4  427  518 

192  026 

134  159 

69.9 

303  625 

24  556 

20.4 

33.0 

8.1 

Pe  rki omen 

5  328 

200 

180 

90.0 

122 

* 

52.9 

29.6 

* 

Philadelphia  4  Reading 

631  201 

25  109 

16  660 

66.4 

36  881 

1  768 

22.0 

37  .9 

4.8 

Port  Reading 

8  403 

341 

176 

51.6 

2  498 

29 

4.4 

47.7 

1.2 

Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit 

b 

100 

75 

75.0 

3  895 

108 

0.8 

2.8 

Toledo  4  Ohio  Central 

124  277 

5  075 

2  814 

55.4 

6  332 

413 

25.9 

44.2 

6.5 

Toledo,  St.  Louis  4  Western 

119  338 

5  983 

4  457 

74.5 

3  974 

201 

48  •  6 

26.8 

5.1 

Western  Maryland 

179  478 

6  854 

4  156 

60.6 

8  298 

737 

26.6 

43.2 

8.9 

Wheeling  4  Lake  Erie 

107  791 

3  624 

2  696 

70.5 

10  296 

940 

12.0 

40.0 

9.1 

TOTAL  -  OHIO -INDIANA -ALLEGHENY  REGIOt 

8  855  927 

384  658 

267  599 

69.6 

565  431 

43  598 

21.9 

33.1 

7.7 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

Chesapeake  4  Ohio 

1  068  530 

41  969 

25  984 

61.9 

33  607 

3  104 

40.0 

41.1 

9.2 

Norfolk  4  Western 

929  819 

35  036 

22  398 

63.9 

31  596 

2  452 

35.8 

41.5 

7.8 

Virginian 

247  766 

8  732 

4  647 

53.2 

6  826 

715 

41.3 

53.3 

10.5 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  246  115 

85  737 

53  029 

61.9 

72  229 

6  271 

38.3 

42.4 

8.7 

MARCH  1920 

Net 

Freieht  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars  on 
line  daily 

Effici 

er.cv  ratloe 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4-3  4-2 

Car -mile  8 

,^5 

Ton® 

per  car 
8*1  +  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 
9-64-5 

Total 

5 

Unservice¬ 

able 

6 

Road 

Ton-miles 

(thousands) 

1 

31 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

1 

Alabama  A  Vicksburg 

14  486 

796 

588 

73.9 

1  154 

4- 

22.3 

24.6 

0.3 

Alabama  Great  Southern 

75  581 

3  835 

2  848 

74.3 

5  355 

83 

23.1 

26.5 

1.5 

Atlanta  A  West  Point 

7  325 

432 

340 

78.7 

730 

89 

19.1 

21.5 

12.2 

Atlanta,  Birmingham  A  Atlantic 

53  887 

2  923 

1  908 

65.3 

3  310 

340 

28.5 

28.2 

10.3 

Atlantic  Coast  Line 

348  936 

24  028 

16  578 

69.0 

36  290 

3  488 

21.4 

21.0 

9.6 

Carolina,  Clinchfleld  A  Ohio 

72  286 

2  847 

1  847 

64.9 

5  575 

210 

16.5 

39.1 

3.8 

Central  of  Georgia 

125  696 

6  562 

5  090 

77.6 

10  491 

474 

20.2 

24.7 

4.5 

Charleston  A  Western  Carolina 

20  095 

1  010 

680 

67.3 

2  309 

170 

14.1 

29.6 

7.4 

Cincinnati, New  Orleans  A  Texas  Pacific 

129  031 

7  491 

6  021 

80.4 

6  728 

679 

35.9 

21.4 

10.1 

Florida  East  Coast 

71  880 

5  475 

3  762 

60.7 

4  101 

219 

43.1 

19.1 

5.3 

Georgia 

36  197 

1  918 

1  515 

79.0 

2  823 

289 

21.9 

23.9 

10.2 

Georgia  Southern  A  Florida 

28  006 

1  725 

1  253 

72.6 

1  847 

228 

30.1 

22.4 

12.3 

Gulf  A  Ship  Island 

6  944 

406 

305 

75.1 

1  023 

32 

12.8 

22.8 

3.1 

Gulf,  Mobile  A  Northern 

13  158 

772 

584 

75.6 

1  710 

122. 

14.6 

22.5 

7.1 

Illinois  Central 

1  234  230 

61  145 

41  827 

68.4 

43  733 

2  966 

45.0 

29.5 

6.8 

Louisville  A  Nashville 

636  839 

39  230 

28  179 

71.8 

41  633 

3  430 

30.4 

29.7 

8.2 

Louisville,  Henderson  A  St.  Louis 

18  437 

966 

766 

79.3 

690 

14 

45.2 

24.1 

2.0 

Mississippi  Central 

2  050 

152 

99 

65.1 

477 

18 

10.3 

20.7 

2.8 

Mobile  A  Ohio 

173  072 

7  935 

6  311 

79.5 

8  048 

806 

31.8 

27 .4 

10.0 

Nashville,  Chattanooga  A  St.  Louis 

122  732 

6  607 

5  294 

80.1 

9  954 

477 

21.4 

23.2 

4.8 

New  Orleans  A  Northeastern 

45  420 

2  116 

1  655 

78.1 

3  455 

241 

19.8 

27.4 

7.0 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

9  433 

534 

369 

69.1 

848 

30 

20.3 

25.6 

3.5 

Northern  Alabama 

10  703 

477 

279 

58.5 

1  114 

- 

13.8 

38.4 

- 

Norfolk  Southern 

31  702 

1  773 

1  374- 

77.5 

4  404 

392 

13.0 

23.1 

8.9 

Richmond,  Fred.  A  Potomac  (Inel.  W.S.) 

39  103 

2  475 

1  886 

76.2 

2  352 

346 

33.9 

20.7 

14.7 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

264  724 

15  983 

11  550 

72.3 

25  995 

1  607 

19.8 

22.9 

6.2 

Southern 

834  153 

46  533 

35  941 

77.2 

66  120 

2  975 

22.7 

23.2 

4.5 

Southern  in  Mississippi 

5  059 

320 

230 

71.9 

871 

77 

11.9 

22.0 

6.6 

Tennessee  Central 

12  858 

641 

485 

75.7 

1  170 

68 

17.7 

26.5 

s.e 

Vicksburg,  Shreveport  A  Pacific 

17  565 

896 

593 

66.2 

1  943 

105 

14.9 

29.7 

5.4 

Western  of  Alabama 

9  170 

540 

379 

70.2 

914 

1 13 

19.1 

24.2 

12.4 

Yazoo  A  Mississippi  Valley 

216  262 

10  616 

8  004 

75.4 

10  607 

541 

32.3 

27  .0 

5.1 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  887  242 

259  161 

188  540 

72.e 

307  824 

20  633 

27.2 

25.9 

6.7 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  A  Northwestern 

1  122  236 

53  227 

38  720 

72.7 

83  880 

5  796 

20.5 

29.0 

6.9 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  A  St.  Paul 

1  161  911 

60  984 

46  320 

76.0 

91  660 

5  750 

21.5 

25.1 

6.3 

Chicago  Great  Western 

152  990 

8  032 

6  215 

77.4 

12  149 

1  491 

21.3 

24.6 

12.3 

Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  A  Omaha 

148  494 

8  443 

6  641 

78.7 

13  382 

1  254 

20.4 

22.4 

9.4 

Duluth  A  Iron  Range 

6  845 

470 

306 

65.1 

6  378 

164 

2.4 

22.4 

2.6 

Duluth,  Mieeabe  A  Northern 

8  496 

493 

314 

63.7 

9  132 

90 

1.7 

27.1 

1.0 

Duluth,  South  Shore  A  Atlantic 

31  151 

1  430 

1  131 

79.1 

3  023 

151 

15.3 

27.5 

5.0 

Duluth,  Winnipeg  &  Pacific 

16  963 

974 

732 

75.2 

2  196 

316 

14.3 

23.2 

14.4 

Elgin,  Joliet  A  Eastern 

222  853 

8  313 

5  636 

67.8 

16  479 

1  118 

16.3 

39.5 

6.8 

Great  Northern 

683  801 

35  985 

26  631 

74.0 

46  556 

3  918 

24.9 

25.7 

8.4 

Lake  Superior  A  Ishpeming 

299 

20 

9 

45.0 

1  071 

51 

0.6 

33.3 

4.8 

Mineral  Fange 

2  069 

103 

57 

55.3 

970 

15 

3.4 

36.3 

1.5 

Minneapolis  A  St.  Louie 

110  842 

5  458 

4  151 

76.1 

7  675 

603 

22.9 

26.7 

7.9 

Minneapolis , St .Paul  A  Sault  Ste  Marie 

3ir  968 

16  567 

13  776 

83.2 

20  792 

1  442 

25.7 

23.1 

6.9 

Northern  Pacific 

790  700 

38  652 

29  944 

77.5 

37  020 

2  747 

33.7 

26.4 

7.4 

Oregon -Washington  R.R.  A  Nav.Co. 

203  900 

9  465 

7  308 

77.2 

11  611 

233 

26.3 

27.9 

2.0 

Spokane,  Portland  A  Seattle 

49  694 

2  095 

1  816 

86.7 

1  923 

91 

35.1 

27.4 

4.7 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  031  214 

250  711 

189  707 

75.7 

365  897 

25  230 

22.1 

26.5 

6.9 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

U  244 

546 

336 

61.5 

760 

18 

23.2 

33.5 

2.4 

Atchison,  Topeka  A  Santa  Fe 

1  145  208 

71  918 

50  582 

70.3 

70  696 

5  170 

32.7 

22.6 

7.3 

Bingham  A  Garfield 

8  245 

241 

125 

51.9 

855 

28 

9.1 

66.0 

3.3 

Chicago  A  Alton 

190  630 

10  623 

7  323 

68.9 

11  239 

466 

30.5 

26.0 

4.1 

Chicago  A  Eastern  Illinois 

244  534 

11  763 

7  769 

66.0 

21  243 

1  970 

17.9 

?1.5 

9.3 

Chicago,  Burlington  A  Quincy 

1  402  914 

68  565 

50  079 

73.0 

74  452 

4  942 

29.7 

20.8 

6.6 

Chicago,  Peoria  A  St.  Louis 

17  781 

912 

698 

76.5 

1  440 

51 

20.4 

25.5 

3.5 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  A  Gulf 

33  507 

1  961 

1  437 

73.3 

2  264 

127 

27.9 

23.3 

5.6 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  A  Pacific 

766  699 

42  688 

32  567 

76.3 

53  552 

2  973 

25.7 

23.5 

5.6 

Chicago,  Terre  Haute  A  Southeastern 

43  220 

2  121 

981 

46.3 

3  271 

278 

20.9 

44.1 

8.5 

Colorado  A  Southern 

71  244 

3  307 

2  148 

65.0 

6  823 

494 

15.6 

33.2 

7.2 

Denver  A  Rio  Grande 

181  774 

8  125 

5  757 

70.9 

14  103 

645 

18.6 

31.6 

4.6 

Denver  A  Salt  lake 

10  796 

458 

290 

63.3 

1  385 

106 

10.7 

37.2 

7.7 

El  Paso  A  Southwestern 

115  293 

5  727 

4  120 

71.9 

4  570 

151 

40.4 

28.0 

3.3 

Fort  Worth  A  Denver  City 

56  598 

3  055 

2  087 

68.3 

6  095 

431 

16.2 

27.1 

7.1 

Los  Angeles  A  Salt  Lake 

74  579 

4  661 

3  124 

67.0 

2  900 

168 

51.8 

23.9 

5.6 

Nevada  Northern 

9  039 

357 

184 

51.5 

446 

21 

25.8 

49.1 

4.7 

Northwestern  Pacific 

10  562 

847 

562 

66.4 

1  837 

61 

14.9 

18.8 

3.3 

Oregon  Short  Line 

321  191 

14  502 

11  097 

76.5 

8  721 

335 

53.6 

28.9 

3.8 

Quincy,  Omaha  A  Kansas  City 

9  258 

449 

318 

70.8 

381 

11 

38.0 

29.1 

2.9 

Southern  Pacific  (Pacific  System) 

857  451 

47  299 

34  119 

72.1 

43  275 

1  925 

35.3 

25.1 

4.4 

St.  Joseph  A  Grand  Island 

18  990 

1  175 

915 

77.9 

698 

96 

54.3 

20.8 

13.8 

Toledo,  Peoria  A  Western 

6  951 

326 

246 

75.5 

689 

49 

15.3 

28.3 

7.1 

Union  Pacific 

792  841 

39  886 

32  707 

82.0 

20  371 

1  124 

63.2 

24.2 

5.5 

Utah 

12  165 

465 

249 

53.5 

541 

16 

27.7 

48.9 

5  *0 

Western  Pacific 

118  574 

5  304 

3  235 

61.0 

2  543 

135 

67.3 

36.7 

5.3 

TOTAL  -  CENTRAL  WESTERN  REOION 

6  567  308 

347  281 

253  055 

72.9 

355  350 

21  791 

31.5 

26.0 

6.1 

MARCH  1920 

Net 

ton -miles 
(thousands) 
1 

Freight  ear-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars  on 
line  daily 

Efficiency  ratios 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4.342 

Car -miles 
„Per2d!y5 

Tons 
per  car 
8-1  +  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 
9-6  +  5 

Total 

5 

Unservice¬ 

able 

6 

Road 

7  31 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Beaumont,  Sour  Lake  A  Western 

12  488 

694 

447 

64.4 

982 

15 

22.8 

27.9 

1.5 

Fort  Worth  A  Rio  Grande 

3  989 

299 

195 

65.2 

1  210 

52 

8.0 

20.5 

4.3 

Gulf,  Colorado  4  Santa  Fe 

146  525 

8  461 

6  223 

73.5 

16  626 

930 

16.4 

23.5 

5.6 

International  1  Great  Northern 

89  124 

5  546 

3  731 

67.3 

5  969 

277 

30.0 

23.9 

4.6 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  4  Orient 

6  858 

398 

284 

71.4 

639 

108 

20.1 

24.1 

16.9 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  4  Orient  of  Texae 

6  831 

456 

323 

70.8 

675 

10 

21.8 

21.1 

1.5 

Kansas  City  Southern  (incl.T.A  F.S. ) 

146  903 

7  506 

5  506 

73.4 

7  967 

206 

30.4 

27.0 

2.6 

Kansas,  Oklahoma  4  Gulf 

17  317 

916 

521 

56.9 

1  749 

195 

16.9 

33.2 

11.1 

Louisiana  4  Arkansas 

19  026 

1  034 

622 

60.2 

2  450 

42 

13.6 

30.6 

1.7 

Louisiana  Ry.  4  Nav.  Co. 

17  051 

967 

614 

63.5 

2  025 

104 

15.4 

27  .e 

5.1 

Midland  Valley 

18  292 

1  237 

647 

52.3 

2  214 

22 

18.0 

28.3 

1.0 

Missouri  A  North  Arkansas 

8  189 

416 

353 

84.9 

735 

24 

18.3 

23.2 

3.3 

Missouri,  Kansas  4  Texas 

192  590 

13  095 

8  117 

62.0 

14  972 

1  314 

28.2 

23.7 

8.8 

Missouri,  Kansas  4  Texas  of  Texas 

117  297 

7  361 

5  011 

68.1 

15  466 

812 

15.4 

23.4 

5.3 

Missouri  Pacific 

819  445 

40  778 

31  161 

76.4 

56  398 

2  149 

23.3 

26.3 

3.8 

New  Orleans,  Texas  4  Mexico 

14  969 

753 

571 

75.8 

1  104 

77 

22.0 

26.2 

7.0 

St.  Louis,  Brownsville  4  Mexico 

38  147 

2  941 

1  757 

59.7 

4  149 

161 

22.9 

21.7 

3.9 

St.  Louis-San  Francisco 

403  528 

24  312 

16  813 

69.2 

38  022 

1  850 

20.6 

24.0 

4.9 

St.  Louis,  San  Francisco  4  Texas 

8  240 

533 

351 

65.9 

1  479 

64 

11.6 

23.5 

4.3 

St.  Louis  Southwestern 

126  024 

6  818 

5  080 

74.5 

6  740 

257 

32.6 

24.8 

3.8 

St.  Louis  Southwestern  of  Texas 

46  151 

2  683 

1  944 

72.5 

3  364 

196 

22.4 

23.7 

5.1 

San  Antonio  4  Aransas  Pass 

14  146 

1  049 

737 

70.3 

1  731 

120 

19.5 

19.2 

6.9 

Sunset  Lines  (inel.HATC  and  HE4WT) 

325  466 

17  918 

12  543 

70.0 

24  469 

1  170 

23.6 

25.9 

4.8 

Texas  4  Pacific 

150  531 

9  479 

6  582 

69.4 

16  863 

1  470 

18.1 

22.9 

8.7 

Trinity  4  Brazos  Valley 

10  130 

637 

482 

75.7 

1  009 

193 

20.4 

21.0 

19.1 

Wichita  Falls  4  Northwestern 

7  011 

414 

268 

64.7 

1  453 

48 

9.2 

26.2 

3.3 

Wichita  Valley 

4  397 

274 

210 

76.6 

966 

8 

9.1 

20.9 

0.8 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  772  665 

156  975 

111  093 

70.8 

23  1  926 

11  874 

21  .e 

25.0 

5.1 

a  Not  reported.  t  Not  available. 


MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  March  1920 


Month 

Car-miles  per  day 

Tons  per  ear 

(Revenue  and  Non-Revenue) 

Percentage 

of  unserviceable  care 

Per  cent 
loaded  to  total 
car-miles 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1910 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.3 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.5 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.  S 

70.1 

70.0 

66.2 

70.9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28.3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

23.9 

26.4 

28.1 

27.5 

28.3 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7.0 

70.8 

71.4 

68.1 

72.3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

- 

25.5 

29.4 

27.3 

- 

5.8 

5.1 

5.4 

- 

71.6 

68.0 

66.1 

- 

May 

29.0 

26.4 

22.8 

- 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

- 

5.5 

5.4 

7.3 

- 

70.1 

66.8 

67.4 

- 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23.0 

- 

27.8 

28.3 

27.5 

- 

5.5 

5.9 

8.1 

- 

68.7 

66.8 

67.9 

- 

July 

28.3 

25.5 

24.1 

- 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

6.0 

5.9 

8.7 

- 

67.9 

64.7 

68.0 

- 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

- 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

- 

5.0 

6.5 

__  9.2 

- 

68.7 

67.5 

70.4 

- 

Septemter 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

- 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

- 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

- 

70.0 

66.9 

69.6 

- 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

- 

27.7 

29.7 

28.0 

- 

5.5 

6.0 

7.4 

- 

71.5 

67.9 

68.4 

- 

tlovember 

25.2 

24.  5 

23.3 

- 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

- 

5.2 

5.5 

6.3 

- 

71.0 

67.1 

71.3 

- 

December 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27.7 

- 

5.2 

S.8 

6.2 

- 

70.9 

65.9 

71.1 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

- 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

- 

5.5 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

70.2 

67.7 

66.7 

- 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

April  1920 


Statistics  of  freight  oar  performance  for  the  month  of 
April,  1920,  herein  presented,  are  based  on  the  reports  of 
the  several  railways  of  Class  I  to  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission. 


Railways  of  Class  1  are  those  with  annual  operating 
revenues  above  #1,000,000.  This  class  of  roads  operate  an 
aggregate  mileage  approximating  90  per  cent  of  the  total 
standard  guage  steam  railway  mileage  of  the  United  States, 
and  own  about  96  per  cent  of  the  total  number  of  standard 
guage  railway  cars.  The  operations  included  in  this  state- 
ment  for  April  cover  230,362  miles  of  line. 

To  accord  with  the  territorial  grouping  of  the  Inter¬ 
state  Commerce  Commission,  the  former  Central  District  is 
now  entitled  "Great  Lakes  Region*,  while  the  former  Qhio- 
Indiana  and  Allegheny  districts  are  now  combined  into  the 
"Ohio-Indiana- Allegheny  Region* . 


Met  ton-miles  include  both  revenue  and  non-revenue 
freight  throughout.  Freight  oar- mile 8  include  all  mileage 
made  by  freight  oars  in  freight,  mixed,  special,  and  other 
trains.  Unserviceable  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  await¬ 
ing  shop,  including  all  Sibad  order*  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  April  were  as 
follows: 


Fer  cent  of  loaded  car-miles. ..... ,  68.3 

Car-miles  per  day . . . .  19.4 

Tons  per  loaded  car . .  28.6 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  cars.....  6.5 


It  is  evident  that  April  operations  were  affected  by 
the  strike,  for  the  percentage  of  loaded  car-miles  and  the 
oar-miles  per  day  were  lower  than  in  March.  Car loading, 

however,  was  increased,  and  the  percentage  of  unserviceable 
was  lowered  below  the  March  average. 


CONSECUTIVE  NO.  ,  SS  7 
O.  S.  SER.  A  NO.  4 


APRIL  1920 

Freight  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars  on  j 

Efficiency  ratios 

Net 

Per  cent 

Per  cent 

ton-miles 

Total 

Leaded 

loaded 

Total 

Uncer vice- 

Car-Miles 

Tons 

uneervice- 

(thousands) 

to  total 

able 

per^day. 

per  car 

able  cars 

Road 

I 

2 

3 

4=  3  4  2 

5 

6 

7  =  2  -f  5 

8=1  u.  3 

9  =  645 

30 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

881  991 

51  410 

36  £35 

71.3 

128  895 

3  725 

13.3 

24.1 

6.8 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

4  206  459 

216  956 

145  363 

67.0 

473  200 

32  825 

15.3 

28.9 

6.9 

OHIO-INBIANA-ALLEGHENY  REGION 

6  127  260 

£69  525 

177  459 

65.8 

57e  327 

36  465 

15.5 

34.5 

6.3 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

1  969  411 

74  493 

44  451 

59,7 

72  146 

5  847 

34.4 

44.3 

8.1 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  279  573 

240  650 

156  000 

69.0 

312  155 

21  265 

25.7 

25.8 

6.8 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4  097  735 

219  055 

157  878 

72.1 

354  761 

24  235 

20.6 

26.0 

6.8 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

4  625  852 

254  846 

178  975 

70.2 

359  517 

21  559 

23.6 

25.8 

6,0 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  302  314 

133  392 

90  895 

68.1 

224  399 

n  ii6 

19.8 

25 .3 

4.9 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

28  4  90  595 

1  460  32,7 

997  656 

68)5 

2  504  COO 

162  037 

19.4 

28.6 

6.5 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

Atlantic  A  Si .Lawrence 

15  548 

896 

547 

61.0 

1  546 

120 

19.3 

28.4 

7.8 

Bangor  A  Aroostook 

31  S81 

2  271 

1  361 

59.9 

4  252 

133 

17.6 

23.3 

3.1 

Boston  A  Albany 

126  973 

7  964 

5  300 

66.5 

U  218 

397 

23.7 

24.0 

3.5 

Boston  A  Maine 

331  441 

18  865 

13  622 

72.2 

40  095 

3  258 

15*7 

24*3 

8.1 

Canadian  Pacific  (Lines  ir.  Maine) 

26  280 

1  735 

1  138 

65.6 

1  065 

40 

54.3 

23.1 

3.8 

Central  New  England 

33  595 

1  432 

1  051 

73 .4 

3  026 

383 

15.8 

32.0 

10.7 

Centra).  Vermont 

30  751 

1  905 

1  447 

76 .0 

3  031 

226 

21.0 

21.3 

7.5 

Maine  Central 

92  465 

5  648 

3  828 

67.8 

10  928 

1  072 

17.2 

24.2 

9.8 

New  York ,  New  Haven  A  Hartford 

163  582 

9  276 

7  274 

78.4 

51  431 

3  060 

6,0 

22,5 

5.9 

Rutland 

89  675 

1  415 

1  067 

75.4 

2  303 

96 

20.5 

27.8 

4.2 

TOTAL  -  NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

881  991 

51  410 

36  635 

71.3 

128  895 

8  725 

13.3 

24.1 

6.8 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

Ann  Arbor 

35  843 

1  649 

1  383 

63.9 

3  854 

235 

14.3 

25.9 

6.1 

Buffalo,  Rochester  A  Pittsburgh 

192  981 

7  622 

4  242 

55.7 

U  054 

813 

23.0 

43.1 

7.4 

Chgo.Det.A  Can. Grand  Trnk. Jet. 

5  967 

256 

187 

73.0 

662 

60 

12.9 

31.9 

9.1 

Delaware  A  Hudson 

369  147 

15  209 

10  298 

67.7 

17  815 

1  031 

28.5 

35.8 

5.8 

Delaware ,  Lackawanna  A  Western 

232  512 

11  627 

7  945 

68.3 

25  627 

1  030 

15.1 

29.3 

4.0 

Detroit  A  Mackinac 

6  508 

458 

283 

61.8 

1  077 

98 

14.2 

23.0 

9.1 

Detroit  A  Toledo  Shore  Line  a. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

• 

Detroit ,  Grand  Haven  A  Milwaukee 

16  840 

868 

658 

75.8 

2  245 

202 

12.9 

25.6 

9.0 

Erie  ( Inel. Chicago  A  Erie) 

572  085 

26  864 

19  056 

70.9 

62  711 

4  ns 

14.3 

30,0 

6.6 

Grand  Trunk  Western 

72  565 

4  085 

3  202 

78.4 

10  558 

352 

12.9 

22.7 

9,0 

Lehigh  A  Hudson  River 

24  623 

889 

667 

75.0 

1  939 

60 

15.3 

36.9 

3.1 

Lehigh  A  New  England 

18  626 

687 

431 

62.7 

3  386 

n7 

6.6 

43.2 

3.5 

Lehigh  Valley 

329  333 

15  443 

10  435 

67.5 

39  626 

2  460 

13.0 

31.6 

6.2 

Michigen  Central 

224  792 

12  335 

8  993 

72. 9 

41  256 

2  229 

10.0 

25,0 

5.4 

Monongshela 

17  063 

588 

317 

53.9 

816 

30 

24.0 

53.3 

3.7 

New  Jersey  A  Sew  York 

147 

10 

6 

60.0 

129 

- 

2.6 

24.5 

- 

New  York  Central 

1  479  750 

86  476 

54  015 

62.5 

159  094 

10  796 

18.1 

27.4 

6.8 

Ne'e  York,  Chicago  A  St  .Louis 

125  041 

6  9e9 

5  325 

76.2 

9  290 

565 

25.1 

23.5 

6  J 

N«w  York,  Ontario  A  Western 

47  350 

2  123 

1  311 

61.8 

6  269 

910 

U.3 

36,1 

14.5 

Hew  York,  Susquehanna  A  Western 

5  157 

233 

153 

65.7 

2  732 

135 

2.8 

33.7 

4.9 

Pere  Marquette 

141  458 

7  607 

5  654 

74.3 

22  964 

1  355 

n.o 

25.0 

5.9 

Pittsburgh  A  Lake  Erie 

72  420 

2  499 

.1  694 

67.6 

23  470 

2  043 

3.5 

42.8 

8.7 

Pittsburgh  A  Shawmut 

10  292 

410 

217 

52.9 

603 

25 

22.7 

47.4 

4.1 

Pittsburgh,  Shawmut  A  Northern 

8  964 

452 

215 

47.6 

1  803 

1  127 

8.4 

41.7 

62.5 

Ulster  A  Delaware 

4  909 

217 

325 

57.6 

415 

10 

17.4 

39.3 

2.4 

Wabash 

202  086 

H  355 

8  551 

75 .3 

23  805 

2  404 

15.9 

23.6 

10.1 

TOTAL  -  (SEAT  LAKES  REGION 

4  206  459 

216  956 

145  363 

67.0 

473  ZOO 

32  825 

15.3 

28.9 

6.9 

OH 1 0- 1 HDI ANA- ALLEGHENY  REGION 

Atlantic  City 

4  302 

202 

135 

66.8 

338 

8 

19.9 

31.9 

2.4 

Baltimore  A  Ohio  (East  S  West) 

1  268  768 

54  710 

36  173 

66.1 

92  934 

6  365 

19.6 

35.1 

6.8 

Bessemer  A  Lake  Erie 

131  705 

3  350 

2  643 

76.9 

5  102 

594 

21.9 

49.8 

11.6 

Buffalo  A  Susquehanna  R.R.  Corp. 

26  568 

1  060 

582 

54.9 

1  603 

171 

22.0 

45.6 

10.7 

Central  of  Nerw  jersey 

116  250 

5  586 

3  494 

62.5 

23  252 

1  755 

8.0 

33.3 

7.5 

Chicago,  Indianapolis  A  Louisville 

63  020 

3  064 

2  160 

70.5 

5  184 

330 

19.7 

29.2 

6.4 

Cincinnati,  Indianapolis  A  Western 

21  631 

1  057 

789 

74.6 

1  823 

257 

19.3 

27.4 

14.X 

Cincinnati  Northern 

21  982 

1  181 

704 

59.6 

1  484 

75 

26.5 

31.2 

5*1 

Cleveland,  Cincin.  Chgo.A  St .Louis 

352  175 

19  078 

12  626 

66.2 

31  633 

1  954 

20.1 

27.9 

5.9 

Detroit,  Toledo  A  Ironton 

41  583 

1  563 

1  068 

68.3 

5  408 

537 

9.6 

38.9 

9.9 

Hocking  Valley 

68  159 

2  827 

1  608 

56.9 

8  033 

1  625 

31.7 

42.4 

20.2 

Kanawha  A  Michigan 

27  790 

1  410 

720 

51.1 

2  381 

240 

19.7 

38.6 

10.1 

Lake  Erie  A  Western 

68  873 

3  395 

2  809 

82.7 

5  579 

325 

20.3 

24.5 

508 

Long  Island 

5  401 

417 

267 

64.0 

6  581 

156 

2.1 

20.2 

2.4 

Pennsylvania  System 

3  026  600 

135  029 

88  547 

65.6 

311  654 

18  529 

14.4 

34,2 

5.9 

Perk i omen 

5  139 

207 

177 

85.5 

140 

- 

49.3 

29.0 

” 

Philadelphia  A  Reading 

485  049 

18  574 

12  497 

67.3 

39  394 

1  542 

15.5 

38.8 

3.9 

Port  Reading 

2  821 

128 

63 

49.2 

2  303 

18 

1.9 

44.8 

0.8 

Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit 

Toledo  A  Ohio  Central 

b 

76  173 

56 

3  683 

41 
1  752 

73.2 

47.6 

3  810 

6  507 

45 

443 

0.4 

18.9 

43.5 

1.2 

6.8 

Toledo,  St. Louis  A  Western 

67  514 

4  270 

2  987 

70.0 

3  745 

165 

38.0 

22.6 

4.4 

Western  Maryland 

160  805 

5  619 

3  607 

64.2 

8  767 

536 

21.4 

44.6 

6 .1 

Wheeling  A  Lake  Erie 

84  952 

3  059 

2  010 

65.7 

10  182 

895 

10.0 

42.3 

8.8 

TOT AL-OHIO-INDI ANA- ALLEGHENY  REGION 

6  127  260 

269  525 

177  459 

65.8 

578  327 

36  465 

15.5 

34.5 

6.3 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

35.8 

41.6 

10.2 

Chesapeake  A  Ohio 

930  5  97 

37  171 

22  251 

59.9 

34  575 

3  533 

Norfolk  A  Western 

778  501 

28  003 

17  223 

61.5 

31  115 

1  895 

30.0 

45.2 

6 .1 

Virginian 

260  313 

9  319 

4  977 

53.4 

6  456 

419 

48,1 

52.3 

6.5 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

1  969  411 

74  4  93 

44  451 

59.7 

72  146 

5  647 

34.4 

44.3 

8.1 

APRIL  1920  I 

Freight  car-miles  (thousands)  I 

Freight 

line 

car 9  on 

Efficiency  ratios 

•Net 

Ton -Miles 
(thousands) 

1 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent  L 

aily 

.Car -wiles 
^r2day5 

Tone 
per  car 
8»1  4-  3 

Per  cent  of 
jr. service  - 
able  cars 

9  =  545 

Road 

loaded  I 
to  total  I 
4»  3  4  2  j 

Total 

C 

Nn  service  -I 
a’cle 

6  | 

7  -  7T  “ 
30 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

I 

Alabama  4  Vickoburg 

13  536 

301 

550 

63.7 

977 

13 

27.2 

24.6 

1.8 

Alnbema  Great  Southern 

79  127 

4  136 

3  016 

72.0 

3  234 

113  | 

43.1 

25.2 

2*5 

Atlanta  A  West  Point 

7  729 

462 

343 

74.2 

720 

38 

21*4 

22.5 

12.2 

Atlanta,  Birmingham  ft  Atlantic 

50  808 

2  801 

1  703 

60.8 

5  441 

214 

27.1 

29.8 

6.2 

Atlantic  Coast  Line 

318  611 

23  166 

15  193 

65.6 

36  285 

4  284 

21*3 

21.0 

11  ft 

Carolina,  Clinchfield  £  Ohio 

76  553 

5  081 

1  768 

57.4 

5  309 

283 

19.3 

43.3 

5-4 

Central  of  Georgia 

113  295 

6  109 

4  555 

74.6 

9  114 

437 

22.3 

24.9 

4.8 

Charleoton  A  Western  Carolina 

22  361 

1  083 

721 

66.6 

2  806 

189 

12.9 

31.0 

6.7 

Cincinnati , New  Orleans  ft  Tex.  Pac. 

111  734 

5  985 

4  966 

83.0 

8  402 

610 

23.7 

22.5 

7.3 

Florida  Eaat  Coast 

62  582 

5  003 

3  123 

62.4 

4  528 

202 

36.8 

20.1 

4.5 

Georgia  Railroad 

32  528 

1  838 

1  382 

75.1 

2  804 

474 

21.8 

23.5 

16.9 

Georgia  Southern  ft  Florida 

25  070 

1  604 

1  106 

69.0 

2  104 

238 

25.4 

22.7 

11.3 

Gulf  ft  Ship  Island 

6  537 

422 

294 

69.7 

1  182 

33 

11.9 

22.2 

2.6 

Gulf,  Mobile  4  Northern 

16  532 

899 

659 

73.3 

1  974 

106 

15.2 

25.2 

5.4 

Illineie  Central 

1  012  780 

53  748 

35  710 

66.4 

46  946 

2  645 

38.2 

28.4 

•  5.6 

Louisville  ft  Nashville 

705  860 

36  712 

24  156 

65.8 

41  142 

3  075 

29.7 

29.2 

7.5 

Louisville,  Henderson  i  St. Louis 

18  644 

714 

563 

81.7 

527 

n 

45.2 

32.0 

2.1 

Mississippi  Central 

1  527 

123 

82 

66.7 

502 

23 

e.2 

18.6 

4.6 

Mobile  4  Ohio 

123  401 

5  9ie 

4  491 

75.9 

0  771 

694 

22.5 

27.5 

7.9 

Nashville, Chattanooga  ft  St. Louis 

116  881 

6  629 

4  893 

73.8 

10  384 

648 

21.2 

23.3 

5.2 

New  Orleans  ft  Northeastern 

46  487 

'  2  403 

1  793 

74.6 

3  096 

614 

25.9 

25.9 

19.8 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

8  249 

459 

319 

69.5 

851 

16 

16.0 

25.9 

1.9 

Northern  Alabama 

10  450 

467 

263 

56.3 

1  114 

14.0 

29.7 

- 

Norfolk  Southern 

28  131 

1  664 

1  215 

73.0 

4  900 

444 

11.3 

23.2 

9.1 

Richmond, Fredericksburg  ft  Potomac 

29  293 

1  909 

1  465 

76.7 

2  287 

297 

27.8 

20.0 

13.0 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

236  679 

15  289 

10  223 

66.9 

26  339 

1  567 

19.0 

23.2 

3.8 

Southern  Railway 

767  287 

45  072 

32  555 

72.2 

66  739 

3  044 

22.5 

23.6 

4.6 

Southern  Ry.  in  Mississippi 

5  637 

342 

241 

70.5 

874 

86 

13.0 

23.4 

9.8 

Tennessee  Central 

12  375 

637 

483 

75.8 

1  106 

58 

19.2 

26.7 

5.2 

Vicksburg,  Shreveport  4  Pacific 

17  104 

996 

653 

65.6 

1  802 

133 

18.4 

26.2 

7.7 

Western  Ry.  of  Alabama 

8  537 

588 

368 

62.8 

914 

111 

21.4 

23.2 

12.1 

YatDO  ft  Mississippi  Valley 

192  538 

9  544 

7  128 

74.7 

10  481 

500 

30.4 

27.0 

4.e 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  27  9  573 

240  650 

166  000 

69.0 

3.12  155 

21  265 

25.7 

25.8 

6.8 

NORTHWESTERN  region 

Chicago  4  Northwestern 

663  557 

42  562 

26  826 

67.7 

82  928 

5  447 

17.1 

23.0 

6.6 

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis  4  Omaha 

131  465 

7  269 

5  809 

79.9 

12  071 

1  052 

2C.1 

22.6 

3.7 

Chicago  Great  Western 

98  093 

5  457 

4  156 

76.2 

12  477 

1  365 

14.6 

23.6 

10.9 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  ft  St.  Paul 

970  353 

55  118 

37  395 

67.6 

83  907 

5  535 

21.5 

25.9 

6.6 

Duluth  4  Iren  Range 

11  704 

513 

387 

75.4 

6  612 

172 

2.6 

30.2 

2  • 6 

Duluth,  Missabe  4  Northern 

21  230 

1  000 

573 

57 .3 

9  131 

75 

3.7 

37.1 

0.8 

Duluth,  South  Shore  4  Atlantic 

31  215 

1  524 

1  126 

73.9 

2  976 

141 

17.1 

27.7 

4.7 

Duluth,  Winnipeg  ft  Pacific 

21  943 

931 

640 

68.7 

2  229 

251 

13.9 

34.3 

11.3 

Elgin,  Joliet  ft.  Eastern 

148  507 

5  830 

S  613 

62.0 

16  369 

1  271 

11.9 

41.1 

7.8 

Great  Northern 

739  747 

35  330 

26  960 

76.3 

46  646 

3  895 

25.2 

2-7.4 

8.4 

Lake  Superior  ft  Ishpemlng 

288 

34 

19 

55.9 

1  070 

19 

r.i 

15.2 

1.8 

Mineral  Range 

2  074 

103 

57 

55.3 

987 

16 

S«6 

36.4 

1.7 

Minneapolis  ft  St*  Louis 

108  485 

5  189 

4  059 

78.2 

8  638 

549 

20.0 

26.7 

6.4 

Minneapolis,  St.Paul  4  S.S.  Marie 

264  353 

14  808 

11  664 

78.8 

20  990 

1  333 

23.5 

22.7 

6.4 

Northern  Pacific 

705  103 

35  302 

26  087 

73.9 

34  632 

2  863 

24. C 

27.0 

8.3 

Oregon-Washington  R.R.  ft  Nav.  Co. 

138  655 

6  187 

4  973 

80.4 

10  772 

169 

19.1 

27.9 

1.6 

Spokane ,  Portland  ft  Seattle 

40  963 

1  898 

1  535 

00.9 

2  346 

82 

27.0 

26.7 

3.5 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4  097  735 

219  055 

157  878 

72.1 

S54  761 

24  235 

20.6 

26.0 

6.8 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

8  146 

400 

243 

60.8 

673 

13 

19.8 

33.5 

1.9 

Atchison,  Topeka  ft  Santa  Fe 

829  259 

52  879 

36  523 

69.1 

73  298 

5  471 

24.0 

22.7 

7.5 

Bingham  1  Garfield 

8  686 

256 

129 

50.4 

809 

36 

10.5 

67.3 

4.4 

Chicago  ft  Alton 

119  942 

6  417 

4  26e 

66.5 

11  041 

314 

19.4 

28.1 

2.8 

Chicago  ft  Eastern  Illinois 

123  7  25 

6  100 

3  870 

63.4 

23  158 

1  730 

8.8 

32.0 

7.5 

Chicago,  Peoria  ft  St.  Louie 

13  01S 

397 

307 

77.3 

1  198 

54 

11.0 

42.4 

4.5 

Chicago.Rock  Island  ft  Pac . (Inc .CRIftG) 

607  900 

36  C96 

25  322 

70.8 

59  428 

3  303 

20.2 

£4.0 

5.6 

Chicago,  Terre  Haute  4  southeastern 

21  611 

937 

491 

52.4 

2  635 

205 

11.9 

44.0 

7.8 

Chicago,  Burlington  ft  Quincy 

1  154  285 

59  006 

41  752 

70.8 

72  789 

5  075 

27.0 

27.6 

7.0 

Colorado  ft  Southern 

69  942 

3  297 

2  194 

66.5 

6  753 

517 

16.2 

31.9 

7.6 

Denver  ft  Rio  Grande 

114  961 

5  502 

3  851 

70.0 

13  665 

729 

13.4 

29.9 

5.3 

Denver  4  Salt  Lake 

1  441 

62 

43 

69.4 

1  580 

22 

1.3 

33.5 

1.4 

El  Paso  ft  Southwestern 

63  503 

3  748 

2  235 

59.6 

4  358 

144 

28.7 

28.4 

3.3 

Fort  Worth  ft  Denver  City 

47  291 

2  602 

1  747 

67.1 

5  610 

518 

15.5 

27.1 

9.2 

Los  Angeles  4  Salt  Lake 

48  862 

3  257 

2  174 

66.7 

3  129 

125 

34*7 

22.5 

4.0 

Nevada  Northern 

7  799 

296 

154 

52.0 

400 

13 

24.7 

50.6 

2  *3 

N orthwe  ste  rn  Pac if ic 

7  146 

691 

492 

71.2 

1  495 

64 

15.4 

14.5 

4*2 

Oregon  Short  Line 

221  351 

10  343 

7  634 

72.8 

9  786 

267 

35.2 

29.0 

2.7 

Cuincy,  Omaha  &  Kansas  City 

6  430 

325 

220 

67.7 

369 

S 

29.4 

29.2 

2.4 

St.  Joseph  ft  Grand  Island 

13  794 

912 

659 

72.3 

784 

95 

38.8 

20.9 

12.1 

Southern  Pacific 

528  452 

29  739 

20  684 

69.6 

41  234 

1  540 

24.0 

25.5 

3.7 

Toledo,  Peoria  £  Western 

o  049 

300 

224 

74.7 

755 

51 

13.2 

27.0 

6.8 

Union  Pacific 

534  6  96 

28  134 

21  740 

77.3 

19  684 

1  127 

47.6 

24.6 

5.S 

Utah 

8  360 

315 

168 

53.3 

547 

15 

19.2 

49.8 

2.7 

Western  Pacific 

59  098 

2  835 

1  851 

65.3 

4  251 

112 

22.2 

31.9 

2.6 

TOTAL  -  CENTRAL  WESTERN  PEGION 

4  625  852 

254  846 

178  975 

70.2 

359  517 

21  559 

22.  S 

25.8 

6.0 

APRIL 


1920 


Freight  car-miles  (thousands) 


freight  cars  on 


Net 

Ton-mile 8 
( thousands) 

1 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  esnt 
loaded 
to  total 
43  3  +  2 

line  daily 

Car-miles 
per  day 

7  z  *-£-*- 
30 

Tune 
per  car 
8=1  -r  3 

Per  aent  of 
ur.se  rv  ice- 
able  cars 

9  =  6  +  5 

Road 

Total 

5 

Unserv  loo- 

able 

6 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Beaumont,  Sour  Lake  4  Western 

11  3SO 

645 

45  9 

71.2 

961 

7 

22.4 

25  .8 

0.7 

Fort  Worth  4  Rio  Grande 

3  556 

337 

228 

67.7 

1  128 

57 

10. 0 

15  .6 

4.9 

Gulf,  Coloraj.0  4  Santa  re 

146  951 

3  181 

5  992 

73.2 

15  678 

1  024 

17.4 

24 

Internationa?  Great  Northern 

83  629 

6  180 

3  767 

61.0 

6  119 

253 

33.6 

22.2 

4.1 

Kansas  Cityj  Mexico  *  Orient 

5  434 

364 

236 

64.8 

485 

5 

25  .0 

23.0 

1.0 

Kanoas  Oltyi  Mexico  4  Orient  of  Texas 

6  727 

544 

360 

55.9 

861 

7 

24.9 

18.7 

0.8 

Kansas  City  Southern  (lnel.T.4  P.S.) 

98  940 

5  026 

3  690 

73.4 

6  948 

139 

24*1 

26.6 

2.0 

Kansas,  Oklahoma  4  Gulf 

16  291 

799 

497 

62.2 

1  550 

172 

17.2 

32.8 

11.3 

Louisiana  £  Arkansas 

17  224 

ee6 

555 

62.6 

2  038 

38 

14.5 

28.2 

3.1 

Loulbi&na  Ry.dk  Nav.  Co. 

18  331 

1  060 

•  5  31 

50.1 

1  658 

85 

21.3 

34.5 

5  .1 

Midland  Valley 

13  612 

979 

5  33 

54.4 

1  916 

98 

17.0 

25.5 

1.5 

Missouri  £  North  Arkansas 

8  044 

377 

314 

83.3 

854 

24 

14*7 

25.6 

2.6 

Missouri,  Kansas  *  Texas 

150  274 

10  050 

6  338 

63.1 

14  696 

1  078 

22.8 

23,7 

7,3 

Missouri,  Kansas  4  Tsxas  of  Texas 

114  157 

7  077 

4  620 

65  .3 

13  920 

S33 

16.9 

24.7 

4.5 

Missouri  Pacific 

576  619 

30  015 

21  636 

72.6 

55  344 

1  866 

18.1 

26.4 

3,4 

New  Orleans,  Tsxa9  4  Mexico 

16  652 

883 

656 

74.3 

1  426 

105 

20.6 

25.4 

7.4 

St.  Louis,  Brownsville  4  Mex  ioo 

40  764 

3  215 

1  948 

60  *6 

5  049 

205 

21.2 

20.9 

4.1 

St*  Louie-San  Franc ieoo 

344  144 

19  936 

13  163 

66.0 

38  875 

1  945 

17.1 

26.1 

5  .0 

St.  Louis-San  Francisco  of  Texas 

7  678 

474 

296 

62.2 

1  379 

70 

11.5 

26.0 

5.1 

St.  Louts  Southwestern 

36  172 

5  201 

3  754 

7*. 

5  593 

274 

31.0 

23.0 

4.9 

St.  Loui6  Southwestern  of  Texas 

41  181 

2  456 

1  763 

71.7 

3  859 

134 

21.2 

23.4 

5.0 

San  Antonio  &  Aransas  Paso 

15  5  31 

1  169 

669 

57.2 

1  602 

156 

a. 6 

23.2 

8.7 

Sunset  Lines  (Incl.H4TC  and  HE4WT) 

311  913 

16  964 

11  577 

63.2 

23  755 

1  156 

23.8 

4.9 

Tsxas  4  Pacific 

149  679 

9  427 

6  386 

67.7 

15  837 

1  349 

19.3 

23.4 

8.5 

Trinity  1  Brazos  Valley 

S  336 

496 

362 

73.0 

775 

209 

21.3 

23.0 

27.0 

Wichita  Falls  4  Northwestern 

5  489 

350 

215 

61.4 

1  690 

31 

6.9 

25.5 

1.6 

Wichita  Valley 

3  124 

19S 

149 

74.9 

743 

6 

8.9 

21.0 

0.8 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  302  314 

133  392 

90  695 

o8.1 

224  999 

11  116 

19.8 

25.3 

4.9 

a  Not  reported. 


t)  Not  available 


MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  April  1920 


Month 

Car-miles  per  day 

Tons  per  car 

(Revenue  and  Non-Revenue) 

Percentage 

ol'  unserviceable  cars 

Per  cent 
loaded  to  total 
car-miles 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.3 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.C 

6.6 

70.1 

70.0 

66.2 

70.9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28,3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

Mar  oh 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

23.8 

26 .4 

28.1 

27.6 

26.3 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7.0 

70.8 

71.4 

68.1 

72.3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

19.4 

25.6 

29.4 

27.3 

28.6 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

6.5 

71.6 

68.0 

66.1 

68.3 

May 

29.0 

26,4 

22.8 

- 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

- 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

- 

70.1 

66.8 

67,4 

- 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23 .0 

- 

27.8 

28.3 

27.5 

- 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

- 

88.7 

66.6 

67.9 

- 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

- 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

- 

6.0 

6,9 

8.7 

- 

67.9 

64.7 

66.0 

- 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

- 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

- 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

- 

66.7 

67.6 

70.4 

- 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

- 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

- 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

- 

70.0 

65.9 

69.6 

- 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

- 

27.7 

2?.7 

28.0 

- 

5.6 

6.0 

7.4 

- 

71.5 

67.9 

68.4 

- 

November 

26.2 

24.6 

23 .3 

- 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

- 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

- 

71.0 

67.1 

71.3 

- 

December 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27.7 

- 

5.2 

5.8 

6.2 

- 

70.9 

65.9 

71.1 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

- 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

- 

5.6 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

70.2 

67.7 

63.7 

- 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  O.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

May  1920 


* 

Statistics  of  freight  car  performance  for  the  month  of 
May ,  1920,  herein  presented,  are  compiled  from  the  reports 
of  the  several  railways  of  Claes  I  to  the  Interstate  Com¬ 
merce  Commission. 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating 
revenues  above  $1,000,000.  They  operate  an  aggregate  mile¬ 
age  approximating  90  per  cent  of  the  total  standard  gauge 
6team  railway  mileage  of  the  United  States,  and  own  about 
96  per  oent  of  all  standard  gauge  railway-owned  freight 
cars.  The  operations  included  in  this  statement  for  May 
cover  230,967  miles  of  line. 

To  accord  with  the  territorial  grouping  of  the  Inter¬ 
state  Commerce  Commission,  the  former  Central  District  is 
now  entitled  "Great  Lakes  Region",  while  the  former  Ohio- 
Indiana  and  Allegheny  Districts  are  now  combined  into  the 
"Ohio-Indiana- Allegheny  Region" . 

Ret  ton-miles  include  both  revenue  and  non-revenue 
freight  throughout,  Freight  oar-miles  include  all  mileage 
made  by  freight  cars  in  freight,  mixed,  special,  and  other 
trains.  Unserviceable  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  await¬ 
ing  shop ,  including  all  "bad  order"  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  May  were  as 
follows: 


Per  cent  of  loaded  car-milss. . , , . , «  71,2 

Car-miles  per  day. . . . .  24.2 

Tons  per  loaded  car . .  28.3 

Per  oent  of  unserviceable  cars.,...  6.6 


The  average  daily  car-mileage  in  May  was  the  greatest 
since  the  month  of  October,  1919. 


CONSECUTIVE  NO. 
O.  S.  SER.  A  NO. 


158 

5 


MAY  5920 

Net 

ton-milee 

(thousands) 

1 

Freight  carmilee  (thousands) 

1  Freight  care  on 

line  daily 

|p - — - - - 

Efficiency  ratios 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 

loaded 
to  total 
4*  3  +  2 

Tone 
per  car 
8.1  4  3 

Per  cent 

unservice¬ 
able  care 

9  -  6  4-  S 

Total 

5 

Unservice¬ 

able 

6 

Car -Miles 
per  day 

7  .  2  ->  5 

31 

Road 

NEW  ENGLAND  -REGION 

1  066  274 

61  013 

44  279 

72.6 

124  846 

7  828 

15.8 

24.2 

6.2 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

6  17  6  976 

203  977 

220  266 

72.5 

467  502 

32  574 

21.0 

28.0 

7.0 

OHIO -I!, 'DIANA -ALLEGHENY  REGION 

8  960  917 

378  906 

264  596 

69.8 

600  624 

36  449 

20.4 

33.9 

6.1 

POOAilONTAS  REGION 

2  202  295 

85  627 

54  971 

64.2 

75  713 

6  002 

36.5 

40.1 

7.9 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  929  697 

274  470 

194  644 

71.0 

310  439 

23  607 

28.5 

25.3 

7.6 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  172  410 

260  993 

191  006 

73.2 

345  748 

24  308 

24.4 

27.1 

7.0 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  478  628 

353  498 

253  101 

71.6 

358  359 

21  636 

31.8 

25.6 

6.1 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  897  766 

162  524 

115  345 

71.0 

219  486 

12  514 

23.9 

25.1 

5.7 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

37  864  967 

1  681  008 

1  338  408 

71.2 

2  502  717 

164  968 

24  *2 

26.3 

6.6 

fOT  ENGLAND  REGION 

Atlantic  &  St.  Lawrence 

17  820 

964 

623 

64.6 

1  314 

122 

23.7 

23.6 

9.3 

Bur.gor  4  Aroostook 

27  441 

1  713 

t  251 

73.0 

3  643 

175 

15.2 

21.9 

4.3 

Boston  4  Albany 

17 1  069 

9  897 

6  952 

70.0 

9  964 

390 

32.0 

24.7 

3.9 

Boston  &  Maine 

386  270 

21  153 

15  936 

75.3 

41  412 

2  303 

16.5 

24.2 

7.0 

Canadian  Pacific  (Lines  in  Maine) 

15  497 

872 

706 

81.0 

681 

13 

41.3 

22.0 

1.9 

Central  New  England 

53  727 

2  818 

1  748 

62.0 

3  055 

300 

29.8 

30.7 

9.8 

Central  Vermont 

38  354 

2  402 

1  770 

73.7 

2  802 

254 

27.7 

21.7 

9.1 

Maine  Central 

98  617 

5  619 

4  066 

70.2 

10  806 

892 

17.4 

24.1 

8.5 

New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford 

233  940 

14  073 

10  235 

73.1 

49  102 

2  702 

9.2 

22.7 

5.5 

Rutland  , 

23  539 

1  302 

942 

72.4 

2  067 

77 

20.3 

25.0 

3.7 

TOTAL  -  NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  066  274 

61  013 

44  279 

72.6 

124  846 

7  828 

15.8 

24.1 

6.3 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

Ann  Arbor 

40  648 

1  821 

1  623 

89.1 

2  452 

249 

24.0 

25.0 

10.2 

Buffalo,  Rochester  4  Pittsburgh 

216  751 

S  265 

5  131 

62.1 

11  246 

730 

23.7 

42.2 

6.5 

Chicago,  Detroit  *  Can.  3rd*  Trk.Jct 

6  058 

354 

272 

76.8 

2  209 

303 

5.2 

29.6 

13.7 

Delaware  &  Hudson 

439  509 

17  9.40 

12  048 

72.7 

20  087 

994 

28.8 

33.7 

4.9 

Delaware,  Lackawanna  a:  Western 

379  914 

17  726 

12  691 

71.6 

23  391 

975 

24.4 

29.9 

4.2 

Detroit  4  Mackinac 

7  834 

454 

324 

71.4 

964 

83 

15.2 

24.2 

8.6 

Detroit  4  Toledo  Shore  Line 

A 

Detroit,  Greed  Haven  4  Milwaukee 

23  604 

1  330 

1  028 

77.3 

2  761 

379 

15.5 

23.0 

13.7 

Ex'ie  (Incl.  Chicago  5:  Erie) 

1  018  282 

46  544 

34  796 

74.8 

64  744 

3  931 

23.2 

29.3 

6.1 

Grand  Trunk  Tie  stern 

114  261 

7  436 

5  312 

71.4 

5  522 

759 

43.4 

21.5 

13.7 

Lehigh  4  Hudson  River 

41  749 

1  684 

1  260 

74.8 

1  916 

62 

28.4 

33.1 

3.2 

lehigh  4  New  England 

28  785 

1  094 

664 

60.7 

2  953 

153 

12.0 

43.4 

5.2 

Lnhigh  Valley 

490  844 

21  011 

15  175 

72.2 

40  908 

2  204 

16.6 

32.3 

5.4 

Michigan  Central 

350  374 

13  832 

14  583 

77.4 

39  688 

2  247 

15.3 

24.0 

5.7 

Mcnongahela 

12  186 

588 

328 

55.8 

899 

34 

21.1 

37.2 

3.8 

New  Jersey  4  New  York 

330 

20 

11 

55.0 

122 

- 

5.3 

3.0 

- 

New  York  Central 

1  999  609 

111  105 

76  241 

66.6 

156  333 

11  025 

22.9 

26.2 

7.1 

New  York,  Chicago  4  St.  Louis 

201  455 

10  710 

8  709 

81.3 

8  116 

508 

42.6 

23.1 

6.3 

New  York,  Ontario  4  Western 

65  605 

2  964 

1  895 

63.9 

5  955 

948 

16.1 

34.6 

15.5 

New  York,  Susquehanna  &  Western 

11  455 

516 

337 

65.3 

2  801 

125 

5.9 

34.0 

4*5 

Pere  Marquette 

252  555 

11  767 

9  601 

81.6 

21  643 

1  327 

17.5 

26.3 

6.1 

Pittsburgh  &  Lake  Erie 

79  604 

2  224 

1  787 

78.1 

24  704 

1  995 

2.9 

45.8 

8.1 

Pittsburgh  4  Shawsut 

12  841 

511 

261 

51.1 

569 

18 

28.0 

49.2 

9.1 

Pittsburgh  4  Weet  Virginia 

11  502 

355 

282 

79.4 

959 

111 

11.9 

40.8 

11.6 

Pittsburgh,  Shawmut  4  Northern 

10  314 

472 

252 

53.4 

1  773 

1  096 

8.6 

40.9 

61.6 

Ulster  x  Delaware 

5  747 

258 

141 

54.7 

413 

9 

20.2 

40.8 

2.2 

Wabash 

353  152 

17  996 

14  564 

80.9 

24  354 

2  309 

23.6 

24.2 

9.5 

TOTAL  -  GREAT  LAKES  RECION 

6  176  978 

303  977 

220  266 

72.5 

467  502 

32  574 

21. C 

26.0 

7.C 

OHIO-  INDIANA -ALIEGHENY  REGION 

Atlantic  City 

5  207 

244 

162 

66.4 

359 

6 

21.5 

32.1 

1.7 

Ballisore  &  Ohio  (East  and  West) 

1  955  934 

81  075 

57  553 

71.1 

1C2  243 

6  701 

25.6 

32.9 

6.6 

Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie 

112  601 

Z  566 

2  250 

87.7 

6  972 

472 

11.9 

50.0 

6.8 

Buffalo  4  Susquehanna  R.  R.  Corp. 

26  999 

1  137 

595 

52.3 

1  325 

165 

27.7 

45.4 

12.5 

Central  of  New  Jersey 

222  526 

9  991 

6  469 

64.7 

23  340 

1  761 

13.8 

34.4 

7.5 

Chicago,  Indianapolis  4  Loueville 

101  472 

4  659 

3  559 

76.4 

5  973 

323 

25.2 

28.5 

5.5 

Cincinnati,  Indianapolis  4  Western 

24  610 

1  123 

927 

81.8 

1  793 

279 

20.4 

26.5 

15.6 

Cincinnati  Northern 

31  959 

1  474 

1  049 

71.2 

1  392 

121 

34.2 

30.5 

8.7 

Cleveland,  Cinn.,  Chicago  4  St. Louie 

564  224 

28  579 

19  891 

69.6 

35  176 

,  2  C01 

26.2 

28.4 

5.7 

Detroit,  Toledo  4  Ironton 

52  161 

1  482 

991 

66.9 

5  760 

550 

8.3 

52.6 

9.5 

Hocking  Valley 

136  724 

4  806 

3  102 

64.5 

9  464 

1  796 

16.4 

44.1 

19.0 

Kanawha  &  Michigan 

53  948 

2  378 

1  389 

58.4 

2  791 

251 

27.5 

38.e 

9.0 

Lake  Erie  4  Western 

106  691 

4  814 

4  278 

88.9 

5  510 

378 

28.2 

24.9 

6.9 

Long  I eland 

9  566 

697 

451 

64.7 

5  165 

134 

4.4 

21.2 

2.6 

Penns vivaria  Lines 

4  265  206 

183  344 

127  28e 

69.4 

317  709 

17  649 

18.6 

33.5 

5.6 

Perkiocen 

7  091 

270 

244 

90.4 

186 

• 

46.8 

29.1 

* 

Philadelphia  4  Reading 

683  013 

26  198 

18  425 

70.3 

38  465 

1  512 

22.0 

37.1 

3.5 

Port  Leading 

6  321 

239 

140 

58.6 

2  036 

19 

3.8 

45.2 

0.9 

Stater.  Is  lard  Rapid  Transit 

b 

91 

71 

78.0 

3  203 

56 

0.9 

* 

1.8 

Toledo  4  Ohio  Central 

154  480 

6  433 

3  552 

55.2 

8  213 

478 

25.3 

43.5 

5.6 

Toledo,  St.  Louis  4  Western 

119  073 

6  265 

4  681 

74.7 

3  701 

159 

54.6 

25.4 

4.5 

Western  Maryland 

170  883 

6  320 

4  038 

63.9 

8  077 

459 

25.2 

42.3 

5.7 

Wheeling  4  Lake  Erie 

150  223 

4  711 

3  391 

72.0 

11  750 

1  171 

12.9 

44.3 

10.0 

TOTAL  -  OHIO-INDIANA -ALIEGHENY  REGION  8  960  S17 

376  3Uo 

264  596 

69.8 

,  600  624 

36  449 

20.4 

23.9 

5.1 

POCAHONTAS  RECION 

Chesapeake  4  Ohio 

1  056  957 

41  626 

26  386 

63.4 

35  179 

3  891 

38.2 

40.1 

11.1 

Norfolk  4  Western 

936  076 

35  184 

23  192 

65.9 

31  842 

1  456 

S5.S 

40.4 

4.6 

Richmond,  Erederickeburg  4  Potcrac 

41  565 

2  801 

2  186 

76.0 

2  264 

266 

39.9 

19.0 

11.7 

Virginian 

167  677 

6  016 

3  207 

53.3 

6  428 

389 

SO. 2 

52.3 

6.1 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  202  295 

35  627 

54  971 

64.2 

75  713 

6  002 

36.5 

40.1 

7.9 

MAY  1420 

Freight  oar -mile a  (thousands) 

Fre ight 

cart  on 

Efficiency  ratios 

Net 

Per  cent 

ui re  daily 

Ton-miles 

Total 

Loaded 

loaded 

Total 

Unservico- 

Cur -miles 

Tons 

ur.service- 

(thcuuunds] 

td  total 

able 

per  day 

per  car 

eUle  care 

Hoad 

1 

4. 

3 

4*  3  +  2 

5 

6 

7  *  2  4~  5 
IT 

6=1  4-  3 

9.645 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

Alabama  d  Vick;, burg 

15  756 

1  030 

765 

74.3 

803 

46 

41.4 

20.6 

5.7  • 

Alabama  Great  Southern 

82  805 

4  317 

3  296 

76.3 

3  716 

402 

37.5 

25.1 

10.6 

Atlanta  &.  Tout  Point 

6  825 

476 

337 

70.8 

694 

81 

22.1 

19.7 

11.7 

Atlanta,  Birmingham  i  Atlantic 

5e  732 

3  037 

1  902 

62.6 

2  955 

266 

33.2 

30.9 

9.0 

Atlantic  Coast  Line 

367  508 

25  479 

17  889 

70.2 

34  068 

4  494 

24.1 

20.5 

13.2 

Carolina,  CHnchfield  &  Ohio 

70  002 

3  373 

1  960 

58.1 

4  220 

280 

25.8 

3  5.7 

6.6 

Central  of  Georgia 

115  401 

6  337 

4  887 

77.1 

8  106 

474 

25.2 

23.6 

5.6 

Charleston  4  Teetern  Carolina 

23  047 

1  051 

715 

68.0 

2  565 

164 

13.2 

32.2 

6.4 

Cincinnati,  New  Orleans  4  Texas  Pac. 

115  704 

6  924 

5  517 

79.7 

8  536 

481 

26.2 

21.0 

5.6 

Florida  East  Coast 

66  838 

5  540 

3  564 

64.3 

4  300 

20* 

41.6 

19.3 

4.7 

Georgia 

33  114 

1  885 

1  431 

75.9 

2  738 

412 

22.2 

23.1 

15.0 

Georgia  Southern  4  Florida 

26  030 

1  709 

1  119 

65.5 

2  028 

192 

27.2 

23.3 

9.5 

Gulf  4  Ship  Island 

7  966 

542 

371 

68.5 

1  405 

26 

12.4 

21.5 

1.9 

Gulf,  Mobile  4  Northern 

22  579 

1  085 

896 

82.6 

2  571 

111 

13.6 

25.2 

4.3 

Illinois  Central 

1  276  479 

67  271 

46  748 

69.5 

54  894 

3  046 

39.5 

27.3 

5.5 

Louisville  4  Nashville 

852  749 

43  055 

28  698 

66.7 

43  358 

4  573 

32.0 

29.7 

10.5 

Louieville,  Henderson  4  St.  Louis 

23  406 

956 

715 

74.8 

558 

13 

55.3 

32.7 

2.5 

Mississippi  Central 

2  183 

130 

88 

67.7 

599 

16 

7.0 

24.8 

2.7 

Mobile  4  Ohio 

157  350 

7  606 

5  764 

75.8 

9  566 

922 

25.6 

27.3 

9.6 

Nashville,  Chattunooga  4  St.  Louis 

134  539 

8  021 

6  131 

76.4 

10  051 

732 

25.7 

21.9 

7.3 

New  Orleans  4  Northeastern 

50  121 

2  679 

1  971 

73.6 

3  647 

516 

23.7 

25.4 

14.1 

New  Orleans  Creat  Northern 

7  703 

444 

231 

74.5 

855 

10 

16.8 

23.3 

1.2 

Norfolk  Southern 

£8  914 

1  576 

1  225 

77 .7 

3  904 

471 

13.0 

23.6 

12.1 

Northern  Alabama 

10  025 

428 

245 

57.2 

1  161 

- 

11.9 

40.9 

• 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

258  872 

15  845 

11  563 

73.0 

21  905 

1  862 

23.3 

22.4 

8.5 

Southern 

864-  631 

50  191 

37  161 

74.0 

66  66b 

3  C09 

24.3 

23.3 

4.5 

Southern  in  Mississippi 

6  546 

369 

253 

63 

392 

84 

12.0 

25.9 

8.5 

Tennessee  Central 

12  351 

649 

474 

73.0 

1  160 

75 

18.0 

26.1 

6.5 

Western  of  Alabama 

7  765 

534 

354 

66.3 

779 

91 

22.1 

21.9 

11.7 

Yazoo  4  Mississippi  Valley 

221  952 

11  531 

e  474 

71.0 

11  636 

554 

33.1 

26.2 

4.8 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  929  697 

274  47 C 

194  344 

71.0 

310  439 

23  607 

28.5 

25.3 

7.6 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  4  Northwestern 

974  165 

56  823 

33  326 

67.5 

82  049 

5  237 

22.3 

25.4 

6.4 

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis  4  Omaha 

156  266 

8  450 

£  682 

79.1 

12  081 

1  039 

22.6 

23.4 

8.6 

Chicago  Creat  Vfestern 

132  378 

7  066 

5  598 

79.2 

10  344 

1  216 

22.0 

23.6 

11.8 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  A  St«  Paul 

1  127  685 

61  571 

45  453 

73.8 

80  316 

6  230 

24.7 

24.6 

7.8 

Duluth  4  Iron  Tange 

101  416 

4  098 

2  142 

52.3 

6  542 

182 

20.2 

47.3 

2.6 

Duluth,  V.issabe  4  Northern 

162  847 

6  343 

3  280 

51.7 

8  627 

32 

23.7 

49.6 

1.0 

Duluth,  South  Shore  4  Atlantic 

37  951 

1  o  26 

1  336 

75.9 

Z 

148 

20.0 

27.4 

5.0 

Duluth,  Winnipeg  4  Pacific 

14  771 

827 

600 

72.6 

2  416 

255 

11.0 

24.6 

10.6 

Elgin,  Joliet  &  Eastern 

£12.  042 

7  926 

5  705 

72.0 

15  420 

1  346 

16.6 

37.2 

8.7 

Great  Northern 

819  283 

37  877 

27  728 

73.2 

45  625 

?  465 

26.8 

29.3 

7.6 

lake  Superioi  4  Ishpeming 

7  OCO 

$66 

133 

50.0 

886 

n 

9.7 

52.6 

1.2 

Mineral  Range 

2  085 

96 

52 

54.2 

969 

16 

3«£ 

40.1 

1.7 

Minneapolis  4  St.  Louis 

140  019 

6  297 

5  112 

81.2 

9  469 

490 

21.5 

27.4 

5.2 

Minneapolis, St. Paul  4  Sault  Ste. Marie 

$06  531 

17  025 

13  256 

73.3 

22  357 

1  437 

24.5 

23.0 

6.4 

Northern  Pacific 

748  152 

24  310 

27  230 

79.4 

33  297 

2  858 

35.2 

27.5 

6.6 

Oregcn-Vaahington  P..R.  &  Nav.  Co. 

183  400 

7  901 

3  446 

81.6 

9  942 

175 

25.6 

28.5 

1.6 

Spokane,  Portland  4  Seattle 

46  389 

2  290 

1  792 

78.3 

2  458 

121 

30.1 

25.9 

4.S 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  17  £  410 

260  992 

191  006 

73.2 

345  746 

24  306 

24.4 

27.1 

7.0 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

10  549 

555 

338 

60.9 

788 

H 

22.7 

31.2 

1.4 

Atchison,  Topeka  4  Santa  F6 

1  060  778 

66  979 

46  315 

69.1 

77  179 

4  626 

28.0 

22.9 

6.0 

Bingham  4  Car fie  Id 

10  160 

297 

152 

51.2 

845 

36 

11.3 

66.8 

4.3 

Chicago  4  Alt  or. 

£10  960 

11  205 

7  434 

66.3 

14  173 

503 

25.5 

28.4 

3.E 

Chicago  4  Eastern  Illinois 

196  020 

9  365 

6  285 

67.1 

19  921 

1  722 

15.2 

31.2 

6.6 

Chicago,  Burlington  4  Quincy 

1  403  217 

72  471 

51  664 

71.3 

72  537 

5  113 

32.2 

27.2 

7.0 

Chicago,  Peoria  4  St.  Louis 

10  133 

557 

453 

81.3 

1  442 

54 

12.5 

22.4 

3.7 

Chicago, Rock  Island  4  Pac . (Inc .CRI4G) 

814  261 

48  180 

34  222 

71.0 

54  533 

3  188 

28.5 

23.9 

5.8 

Chicago,  Terre  Haute  4  Southeastern 

33  601 

1  615 

795 

49.2 

2  964 

208 

17.6 

42.3 

7.0 

Colorado  4  Southern 

63  183 

4  572 

2  913 

63.7 

7  573 

60S 

19.4 

28.6 

6.0 

Denver  4  Rio  Grande 

182  113 

8  325 

6  232 

74.9 

13  255 

esi 

20.3 

29.2 

6.3 

Denver  4  Salt  Lake 

14  292 

606 

415 

68.5 

1  460 

100 

13.4 

34.4 

S.6 

El  Paso  4  Southwestern 

93  404 

5  725 

2  414 

59.6 

4  543 

170 

40.7 

27.4 

3.7 

Fort  Worth  4  Denver  City 

56  967 

3  355 

2  305 

68.7 

4  652 

379 

23.3 

25.6 

8.1 

Los  Angeles  4  Salt  Late 

103  953 

7  058 

4  880 

69.1 

3  967 

179 

57.4 

21.3 

4.5 

Nevada  Northern 

10  304 

380 

208 

54.7 

448 

16 

27.4 

49.5 

3*6 

Northwestern  Pacific 

11  480 

823 

554 

67.3 

1  397 

67 

19.0 

20.7 

4.8 

Oregon  Short  Line 

294  254 

13  120 

9  833 

74.9 

8  326 

236 

47.4 

29.9 

2.6 

Quincy,  Omaha  4  Kansas  City 

8  456 

445 

283 

63.6 

367 

9 

39.1 

29.9 

2  *5 

Southern  Pacific  (Pacific  System) 

892  908 

48  624 

35  495 

73.0 

42  583 

1  950 

36.8 

25.2 

4.6 

St.  Joseph  4  Grand  Island 

18  116 

1  069 

776 

72.6 

703 

90 

49.1 

23.3 

12.8 

Toledo,  Peoria  4  Western 

9  870 

454 

280 

83.7 

809 

45 

18.1 

26.0 

5*6 

Union  Pacific 

799  136 

41  534 

32  233 

80.3 

!  19  219 

1  370 

69.7 

24.0 

7.1 

Utah 

11  657 

462 

229 

49.6 

473 

9 

31.5 

50.9 

1*9 

Western  Pacific 

136  854 

5  722 

4  193 

73.3 

3  602 

165 

51.2 

32.6 

4.6 

TOTAL  -  CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  478  628 

353  498 

253  101 

71.6 

358  359 

21  686 

31.8 

25.6 

6.1 

MAY  1920 

Freight  c 

ar-miles  (thousands) 

Freight 

cars  on 

Efficiency  ratios 

Net 

Per  cent 

line  daily 

Ton -mile  s 

Total 

Loaded 

loaded 

Total 

Unservice- 

Car -miles 

Tors 

unservice- 

(thousands) 

to  total 

able 

per  day 

per  car 

able  cars 

Road 

1 

2 

3 

4r.  3  4-2 

5 

6 

7.245 
31  ~ 

e.i  -5-  3 

9  «  6  4  5 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Fort  Worth  &  Rio  Grande 

3  702 

333 

231 

69.4 

996 

67 

10.8 

16.0 

6e7 

Gulf  Coast  Lines 

71  769 

4  636 

2  936 

63. S 

6  968 

365 

21.5 

24..  4 

5.2 

Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fd 

143  952 

7  973 

5  806 

72.6 

13  995 

1  012 

18.4 

24.8 

7.2 

International  i  Great  Northern 

9S  851 

6  082 

4  090 

67.4 

5  634 

304 

34.8 

22.9 

5.4 

Ker.oas  City,  Mexico  &  Orient 

8  015 

559 

384 

68.7 

527 

264 

34.2 

20.9 

50.1 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  4  Orient  of  Texas 

S  701 

867 

551 

63*6 

823 

154 

34.0 

17.6 

18.7 

Kansas  City  Southern  (Ir.cl.  T  &  F  3) 

134  575 

6  728 

5  023 

74.7 

6  229 

189 

34.8 

26.8 

3.0 

Kansas,  Oklahoma  &  Gulf 

14  637 

774 

492 

63.6 

1  452 

238 

17.2 

30.2 

16.4 

Louisiana  &  Arkansas 

16  046 

647 

563 

66.5 

1  504 

41 

18.2 

28.5 

2.7 

Louisiana  F.y.  &  Navigation  Co. 

22  623 

1  078 

690 

64.0 

1  519 

91 

22.9 

32.8 

6.0 

Midland  Valley 

17  914 

1  207 

636 

52.7 

1  807 

31 

21.5 

28.2 

1.7 

Missouri  £  North  Arkansas 

7  283 

360 

300 

83.2 

631 

24 

18.4 

24.3 

3.8 

Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas 

203  499 

14  293 

9  296 

65.0 

15  440 

1  112 

29.9 

22.4 

7.2 

Missouri,  Kansas  £  Texas  of  Texas 

113  943 

7  270 

4  865 

66.9 

13  364 

692 

17.5 

23.4 

5.2 

Missouri  Pacific 

812  875 

39  942 

30  575 

76.5 

56  073 

2  032 

23.0 

26.6 

3.6 

St.  Louis  -  Ear.  Francisco 

434  166 

24  250 

16  482 

68.0 

36  911 

1  962 

21.2 

26.3 

5.3 

St.  Louis,  San  Francisco  £  Texas 

8  333 

488 

306 

62.7 

1  217 

82 

12.9 

27.2 

6.7 

St.  Louie  Southwestern 

128  832 

6  908 

5  424 

78.5 

5  830 

310 

36.2 

23.6 

5.3 

St.  Louis  Southwestern  of  Texas 

43  693 

2  677 

1  953 

73.0 

3  474' 

136 

24.9 

22.4 

4.0 

San  Antonio  £  Aransas  Pass 

16  195 

1  515 

937 

51.8 

1  545 

174 

31.6 

17.3 

11.3 

Sunset  Lines  (Incl.  H  4  TC  and  HE  &  VI) 

374  834 

20  532 

14  627 

71.2 

23  5  90 

1  444 

28.1 

25.6 

6.1 

1fexa3  4  Pacific 

174  627 

10  870 

7  603 

69.9 

15  501 

1  417 

22.6 

23.0 

9.1 

Trinity  4  Braios  Valley 

9  679 

510 

411 

80.6 

829 

205 

19.8 

23.5 

24.7 

Vicksburg,  Shreveport  &  Pacific 

18  388 

1  111 

736 

66.2 

1  534 

148 

23.4 

25.0 

9.6 

Wichita  Falls  4  Northwestern 

6  162 

486 

253 

52.1 

1  597 

13 

9.8 

24.4 

0.8 

Wichita  Valley 

3  271 

228 

167 

73.2 

496 

5 

14.8 

19.6 

1.0 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  897  768 

162  524 

115  345 

71.0 

219  486 

12  514 

23.9 

25.1 

5.7 

a  Not  reported  ,b  Not  available 


MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  May  192C. 


Month 

Car-rviles  per  day 

Tor.B  per  car 

(Revenue  and  Non-Revenue) 

Pe  rce  r.tage 

of  unserviceable  ears 

Per  cent 
oadei  to  tota 
car -miles 

1 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

192C 

1917 

i9ie 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1916 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.3 

18.3 

21.4 

22  .e 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

5.0 

5.6 

70.1 

70.0 

66.2 

70.9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28.3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

23*8 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

28.3 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7.0 

70.6 

71.4 

68.1 

72.3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

19.4 

25.6 

25.4 

27.3 

23.6 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

S.5 

71.6 

£8.0 

58.1 

68. 3 

May 

29.0 

26.4 

22.8 

24.2 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

28.3 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

6.6 

70.1 

66.6 

67.4 

.71.2 

June 

26.4 

26.8 

23.0 

- 

27.8 

27.5 

- 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

- 

58.7 

66.8 

67.9 

- 

July 

26.3 

26.5 

24.1 

- 

27.1 

30.1 

27.  C 

- 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

- 

67.9 

64.7 

66.0 

- 

August 

27.1 

26. C 

24.2 

- 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

- 

68.7 

67.6 

70.4 

* 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

- 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

- 

70.0 

66.9 

69.6 

- 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

7.1.1 

- 

27.7 

29.7 

28.0 

' 

5.6 

6.0 

7.4 

- 

71.5 

67.9 

56«4 

- 

November 

26.2 

24.6 

23.3 

- 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

5.2 

5.6 

6.2 

- 

fO  r- 

57.1 

71.3 

December 

21.3 

22.6 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27.7 

' 

5.2 

5.8 

6.2 

- 

70.9 

65  •  9 

71.1 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

- 

27. C 

29.7 

27.8 

- 

.  5*6 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

70.2 

67.7 

68.7 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  O.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

June  1920 


Statistics  of  freight  oar  performance  for  the  month  of 
June,  1920,  herein  presented,  are  compiled  from  the  reports 
of  the  several  railways  of  Class  I  to  the  Interstate  Com¬ 
merce  Commission. 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating 
revenues  above  $1, 000, 000,  They  operate  an  aggregate  mile¬ 
age  approximating  90  per  cent  of  the  total  standard  gauge 
steam  railway  mileage  of  the  United  States,  and  own  about 
96  per  cent  of  all  standard  gauge  railway-owned  freight 
cars.  The  operations  included  in  this  statement  for  June 
cover  231,078  miles  of  line. 

To  accord  with  the  territorial  grouping  of  the  Inter¬ 
state  Commerce  Commission,  the  former  Central  District  is 
now  entitled  "Great  Lakes  Region",  while  the  former  Ohio- 
Indiana  and  Allegheny  Districts  are  now  combined  into  the 
"Ohio-Indiana- Allegheny  Region". 

Net  ton-miles  include  both  revenue  and  non-revenue 
freight  throughout.  Freight  car-miles  include  all  mileage 
made  by  freight  cars  in  freight,  mixed,  special,  and  other 
trains.  Unserviceable  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  await¬ 
ing  shop,  including  all  "bad  order"  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  June  were  as 
follows: 


Per  cent  of  loaded  car-miles. ..... .  69.5 

Car-miles  per  day . . . . . .  25.0 

Tons  per  loaded  car . . . .  29.0 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  cars.....  7.0 


The  average  daily  car-mileage  in  June  was  the  greatest 
since  the  month  of  October,  1919.  Tons  per  car  were  the 
greatest  of  any  month  Bince  January,  1919. 


CONSECUTIVE  NO.  !<c>l 
O.  S.  SER.  A  NO.  6 


JUNE  1920 

Freight  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight 
line  d 

cars  on 

Efficiencv  rati 

Los 

Net 

ton-mi les 
(thousands) 
1 

| 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Car  -Miles 
per  day 

7  c  2  v  5 
30 

Tons 
per  car 
3=1  +  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  64-5 

loaded 
to  total 
4=  3  4-  2 

Total 

5 

Uneervice- 
ab  Is 

6 

Road 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  022  325 

59  681 

42  653 

71.5 

114  009 

8  449 

17.4 

24.0 

7.4 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

6  794  897 

330  275 

235  392 

71.3 

477  626 

37  027 

23.0 

28.9 

7.8 

OHIO-INDIAKA -ALLEGHENY  REGION 

9  013  290  | 

375  222 

256  816 

68.4 

633  679 

39  545 

19.7 

35.1 

6.2 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  336  457 

91  353 

57  244 

52.7 

73  306 

7  718 

38.9 

40.8 

9.9 

SCUTKJHN  REGION 

4  788  156  1 

265  118 

184  779 

69.7 

292  711 

21  874 

30.2 

25.9 

7.5 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4  9e9  367 

254  169 

ISO  558 

71.0 

345  675 

25  056 

24.5 

27.6 

7.2 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  478  126 

359  755 

250  185 

69.5 

370  518 

24  182 

32.4 

25.9 

6.5 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  756  947 

158  043 

108  702 

68.8 

216  122 

13  583 

24.4 

25.4 

6.3 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

38  179  565 

1  893  616 

1  316  329 

69.5 

2  528  646 

177  434 

25.0 

29.0 

7.0 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

Atlantic  A  St*  Lawrence 

17  589 

979 

595 

60.8 

1  392 

220 

23.4 

29.6 

15.6 

Bangor  &  Aroostook 

21  254 

1  412 

1  042 

73.  e 

3  141 

236 

15.0 

20.4 

7.5 

Boston  e  Albany 

153  512 

8  576 

5  899 

£8.8 

9  235 

424 

31.0 

26.0 

4*6 

Boston  4  Maine 

354  942 

20  778 

14  956 

72.0 

36  444 

3  122 

19.0 

23.7 

8.6 

Canadian  Pacific  (Lins#  in  Maine) 

15  309 

885 

661 

74.7 

728 

15 

40.5 

23.2 

2.1 

Central  Naw  England 

52  235 

2  688 

1  720 

64.0 

4  101 

403 

21.8 

30.4 

9.8 

Central  Vermont 

38  024 

2  384 

1  737 

75.0 

3  390 

190 

23.4 

21.3 

5.6 

Maine  Central 

80  965 

5  028 

3  610 

71.8 

9  470 

964 

17.7 

22.4 

10.2 

New  York,  New  Haven  i  Hartford 

26 6  766 

15  880 

11  544 

72.7 

44  425 

2  788 

11.9 

23.3 

6.3 

Rut land 

19  729 

1  071 

839 

78.3 

1  683 

87 

21.2 

23.5 

5.2 

TOTAL  *  NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  022  325 

59  681 

42  653 

71.5 

114  009 

8  449 

17.4 

24.0 

7.4 

CHEAT  LAKES  REGION 

Ann  Arbor 

36  476 

1  748 

1  453 

83.1 

2  333 

250 

25.0 

25.1 

10.7 

Buffalo,  Rochester  4  Pittsburgh 

228  735 

8  384 

5  337 

63.7 

10  102 

894 

27.7 

42.9 

8.8 

Chicago,  Detroit  4  Can.Grd.Trk. Jet. 

10  562 

429 

351 

81.8 

2  S33 

280 

4.6 

30.1 

9.7 

Delaware  A  Hudson 

409  559 

17  240 

12  026 

59.8 

16  509 

1  051 

31.0 

34.1 

5.7 

Delaware,  Lackawanna  4  Western 

484  935 

23  837 

16  842 

70.7 

24  493 

1  242 

32.4 

28.8 

5.1 

Detroit  i  Mackinac 

8  266 

478 

346 

72.4 

811 

68 

19.6 

23.9 

8.4 

Detroit  4  Toledo  Shore  Line 

a 

Detroit,  Grand  Haven  A  Milwaukee 

23  592 

1  231 

962 

78.1 

3  609 

350 

11.4 

24.5 

9.7 

Erie  (Incl.  Chicago  4  Erie) 

1  064  884 

si  see 

37  264 

72.5 

66  967 

4  £94 

25.6 

28.6 

7.0 

Grand  Trunk  Western 

129  905 

7  343 

5  567 

75.8 

7  220 

700 

33.9 

23.3 

9.7 

Lehigh  A  Hudson  River 

39  883 

1  668 

1  206 

72.3 

1  485 

56 

37.4 

33.1 

3.8 

Lehigh  A  New  England 

25  467 

1  020 

563 

55.2 

2  955 

123 

11.5 

45.2 

4.2 

Lehigh  Valley 

586  804 

24  052 

17  110 

71.1 

36  285 

2  621 

22.1 

34.3 

7.2 

Michigan  Central 

429  949 

22  902 

17  701 

77.3 

38  998 

2  638 

19.6 

24.3 

6.8 

Monongahela 

17  171 

738 

399 

54.1 

1  117 

34 

22.0 

43.0 

3.0 

>iew  Jersey  A  How  York 

304 

17 

9 

52.9 

115 

- 

4.9 

33.8 

- 

New  York  Central 

2  072  825 

109  962 

73  423 

65.8 

160  941 

12  070 

22.8 

28.2 

7.5 

New  York,  Chicago  4  St.  Louie 

260  450 

14  005 

10  960 

78.3 

9  752 

590 

47.8 

23.8 

6.0 

New  York,  Ontario  4  Western 

C5  326 

2  981 

1  920 

64.4 

5  977 

1  C23 

16.6 

34.0 

17.1 

New  York,  Susquehanna  A  Western 

U  441 

510 

342 

67.1 

2  745 

72 

6.2 

33.5 

2.6 

Pare  Marquette 

2  69  842 

12  234 

9  896 

80.9 

24  923 

1  553 

16.4 

27.3 

6*2 

Pittsburgh  A  Lake  Erie 

151  132 

4  994 

3  642 

72.9 

23  694 

3  143 

7.0 

41.5 

13.3 

Pitteburg  A  Shawmut 

10  947 

430 

225 

52.3 

627 

21 

22.9 

48.7 

3.3 

Pittsburgh  4  Weet  Virginia 

16  809 

420 

299 

71.2 

1  132 

98 

12.4 

56.2 

8.7 

Pittsburg,  Shawmut  k  Northern 

12  029 

517 

238 

55.7 

1  814 

1  146 

9.5 

41.8 

63.2 

Ulster  A  Delaware 

4  812 

240 

133 

55.4 

379 

14 

21.1 

36.2 

3.7 

Wabash 

422  792 

21  507 

17  128 

79.6 

27  744 

2  296 

25.8 

24.7 

8.3 

TOTAL  -  GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

6  7  94  897 

330  275 

235  392 

71.3 

477  626 

37  027 

23.0 

28.9 

7.8 

OHIO  -  INDIANA  “ALLEGHENY  REGION 

Atlantio  City 

3  500 

166 

114 

68.7 

373 

5 

14.8 

30.7 

1.3 

Baltimore  4  Ohio  (East  and  West) 

1  767  669 

72  962 

49  374 

67.7 

111  312 

7  241 

21.8 

35.8 

6.5 

Bessemer  A  Lake  Erie 

226  923 

5  278 

4  498 

85.2 

5  878 

333 

25.6 

50.5 

4.9 

Buffalo  4  Susquehanna  R.  R.  Corp. 

21  472 

870 

486 

55.9 

1  352 

157 

21.4 

44*2 

11.5 

Central  of  New  Jersey 

236  731 

10  862 

6  e30 

62.9 

24  519 

2  175 

14.8 

34.7 

8.9 

Chicago,  Indianapolis  A  Louisville 

108  339 

5  353 

3  716 

69.4 

7  249 

412 

24.6 

29.2 

5.7 

Cincinnati,  Indianapolis  4  Western 

34  305 

1  455 

1  205 

82.8 

2  120 

272 

22.9 

23.9 

12.8 

Cincinnati  Northern 

27  599 

1  316 

900 

68.4 

1  378 

92 

31.8 

30.7 

6.7 

Cleveland,  Ginn.,  Chicago  4  St.  Louis 

600  019 

30  330 

20  490 

67.5 

37  028 

2  796 

27.3 

29.3 

7.6 

Detroit,  Toledo  4  Ironton 

45  611 

1  667 

1  200 

72.0 

5  097 

493 

10.9 

se.o 

9.S 

Hocking  Valley 

170  762 

6  134 

3  773 

61.5 

10  788 

2  034 

19.0 

45.3 

13.9 

K&nawha  A  Michigan 

45  363 

1  997 

1  131 

55.6 

2  569 

265 

25.9 

40.1 

10.3 

Lake  Erie  4  Western 

117  114 

5  181 

4  586 

88.5 

£  499 

370 

26.6 

25.5 

5.7 

Long  Island 

10  075 

730 

475 

65.1 

5  319 

158 

4.6 

21.2 

3.0 

Pennsylvania  Lines 

4  510  867 

188  007 

129  397 

68.8 

334  603 

18  162 

18.7 

34.9 

5.4 

Perkioman 

4  428 

183 

151 

88.0 

136 

- 

44.9 

27.5 

- 

Philadelphia  A  Reading 

503  196 

19  739 

13  480 

68.3 

36  S07 

1  441 

17.9 

37.3 

3.9 

Port  Reading 

2  920 

154 

64 

41.6 

1  532 

21 

3.1 

45.6 

1.3 

Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit 

& 

84 

61 

72.6 

3  956 

70 

0.7 

1.8 

Toledo  A  Ohio  Central 

147  659 

6  147 

3  367 

54.3 

9  304 

578 

22.0 

43.9 

6*2 

Toledo,  St.  Louis  4  Western 

123  250 

6  401 

4  622 

72.2 

4  085 

163 

52.2 

26.7 

4.0 

Western  Maryland 

157  193 

5  577 

3  577 

64.1 

7  983 

567 

23.3 

43.9 

7.1 

Wheeling  A  Lake  Erie 

14  7  790 

4  628 

3  309 

71.5 

12  692 

1  530 

12.2 

44.7 

12.1 

TOTAL  “  OHIO -INDIANA "ALLEGHENY  REGION 

9  013  290 

,  375  222 

256  816 

68.4 

633  6  7  9 

39  545 

19.7 

35.1 

6.2 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

Chesapeake  A  Ohio 

1  039  845 

41  655 

25  481 

61.2 

36  532 

4  173 

38.0 

40.8 

11.4 

Norfolk  A  Western 

1  011  994 

38  141 

25  251 

66.2 

33  232 

2  862 

38.3 

40.1 

8*6 

Richmond,  Fredericksburg  A  Potomac 

34  495 

2  428 

1  815 

74.8 

2  067 

261 

38.8 

19.0 

12.5 

Virginian 

250  133 

9  129 

4  697 

51.5 

5  455 

422 

47.1 

53.3 

6.5 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  336  457 

31  353 

57  244 

62.7 

78  306 

7  718 

38.9 

40.3 

9.S 

JUNK 


1920 


Freight  car-miles  (thousands) 


Net 

Ton-milea 

(thousands) 

1 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4*  3-5-2 

line  daily 

Gar  -mi  lee 
per  day 

7  =2jLi 
30 

Tons 
per  car 
8=1  4-  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 
9=6+5 

Road 

Total 

5 

Unservice¬ 

able 

5 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

Alabama  &  Vicksburg 

14  419 

871 

605 

69.5 

1  135 

56 

25.6 

23.8 

4.9 

Alabama  Great  Southern 

86  397 

4  142 

3  306 

79.8 

3  373 

335 

40.9 

26.1 

9.9 

Atlanta  4  West  Foint 

7  058 

407 

342 

84.0 

717 

69 

18.9 

20.6 

9.6 

Atlanta,  Birmingham  4  Atlantic 

66  769 

3  034 

1  992 

55.7 

2  763 

255 

36.6 

33.5 

9.2 

Atlantic  Coast  Lins 

314  144 

22  706 

15  218 

67.0 

30  599 

4  008 

24.7 

20.6 

13.1 

Carolina,  Clinchfield  4  Ohio 

84  172 

3  325 

2  043 

61.4 

3  175 

347 

34.9 

41.2 

10.9 

Csatral  of  Georgia 

123  070 

7  139 

5  354 

75.0 

9  043 

361 

26.3 

23.0 

4.0 

Charleston  4  Western  Carolina 

19  347 

923 

640 

69.3 

1  968 

168 

15.6 

30.2 

8.5 

Cincinnati,  New  Orleans  4  Texas  Pac. 

127  810 

7  414 

5  744 

77.5 

8  211 

504 

30.1 

22.3 

6.9 

Florida  East  Coast 

47  94e 

3  880 

2  481 

63.9 

2  767 

163 

46.7 

19.3 

5.9 

Georgia 

31  892 

2  043 

1  377 

67.4 

2  853 

385 

23.9 

23.2 

13.5 

Georgia  Southern  4  Florida 

26  077 

1  536 

1  083 

70.4 

2  407 

179 

21.3 

24.1 

7.4 

Gulf  4  Ship  Island 

7  359 

374 

269 

71.9 

1  065 

35 

11.7 

27.4 

3.3 

Gulf,  Mobile  4  Northern 

18  762 

947 

727 

76.8 

1  974 

99 

16.0 

25.8 

5.0 

Illinois  Central  (incl.  Yazoo  &  K.  V.) 

1  480  647 

77  870 

52  053 

66.8 

61  420 

3  685 

42.3 

28.4 

6.0 

Louisville  4  Nashville 

837  740 

42  947 

28  556 

66.5 

41  619 

4  274 

34,4 

29.3 

10.3 

Louisville,  Henderson  4  St.  Louis 

21  955 

833 

705 

84.6 

594 

11 

46.  7 

31.1 

1.9 

Mississippi  Central 

1  763 

115 

83 

72.2 

434 

23 

8.8 

21.2 

5.3 

Mobile  4  Ohio 

148  784 

7  022 

5  324 

75. S 

9  600 

526 

24.4 

27.9 

5.5 

Nashville,  Chattanooga  4  St.  Louis 

135  200 

8  295 

5  948 

71.7 

9  482 

768 

29.2 

22.7 

6.1 

New  Orleans  4  Northeastern 

51  129 

2  430 

1  965 

79.2 

3  413 

453 

24.2 

26.0 

13.3 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

7  106 

427 

281 

65.8 

785 

19 

18.1 

25.3 

2.4 

Norfolk  Southern 

25  398 

1  521 

1  145 

75.3 

3  710 

377 

13.7 

22.2 

10.2 

Northern  Alabama 

10  299 

428 

258 

60.3 

937 

- 

15,2 

39.9 

• 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

241  361 

15  249 

10  934 

71.7 

20  392 

1  609 

24.9 

22.1 

7.9 

Southern 

824  798 

47  773 

35  301 

73.9 

65  219 

2  865 

24.4 

23.4 

4.4 

Southern  in  Mississippi 

6  250 

368 

244 

66.3 

947 

102 

13.0 

25.6 

10.8 

Tennessee  Central 

12  516 

513 

455 

74.2 

1  360 

68 

15.0 

27.5 

5.0 

Western  of  Alabama 

7  966 

431 

346 

80.3 

748 

70 

19.2 

23.0 

9.4 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  788  156 

265  118 

184  779 

69.7 

292  711 

21  874 

30.2 

25.9 

7.5 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  4  Northwestern 

911  271 

56  568 

37  515 

66.3 

80  400 

6  182 

23.5 

24.3 

7.7 

Chicago,  St. Paul, Minneapolis  4  Omaha 

158  382 

8  325 

6  572 

78.9 

12  528 

968 

22.2 

24.1 

7.7 

Chicago  Great  Western 

150  214 

8  513 

5  897 

69.3 

11  137 

1  250 

25.5 

25.5 

11.2 

Chicago,  Milwaukee  4  St.  Paul 

1  04  9  421 

57  034 

41  652 

73.0 

8  6  648 

6  649 

21.9 

25.2 

7.7 

Duluth  4  Iron  Range 

123  421 

4  966 

2  562 

51.6 

6  693 

250 

24.7 

46.2 

3.7 

Duluth,  Miesabe  4  Northern 

239  302 

9  259 

4  834 

52.2 

9  193 

80 

33.3 

49.5 

0.9 

Duluth,  South  Shore  4  Atlantic 

32  163 

1  457 

1  057 

72.5 

2  956 

152 

16.4 

30.4 

5.1 

Duluth,  Winnipeg  4  Pacific 

15  570 

790 

570 

72.2 

2  230 

263 

11.3 

27.3 

11.3 

Elgin,  Joliet  4  Eastern 

20e  799 

7  764 

5  388 

69.4 

13  942 

981 

18.6 

38.3 

7.0 

Great  Northern 

824  708 

37  174 

26  451 

71.2 

45  693 

3  367 

27.1 

31.2 

7.4 

Lake  Superior  4  Ishpeming 

8  386 

327 

159 

43.5 

1  001 

15 

10.9 

52.7 

1.5 

Mineral  Range 

2  035 

95 

54 

56.3 

960 

16 

3.3 

37.7 

1.7 

Uinneapolle  4  St.  Louie 

119  913 

5  64  4 

4  336 

76.8 

8  322 

457 

22.6 

27.7 

5.5 

Minneapolis, St. Paul  4  Sault  Ste. Marie 

293  049 

16  610 

12  408 

74.7 

20  397 

1  347 

27.1 

23.6 

6*0 

Northern  Pacific 

644  684 

30  222 

23  632 

78.2 

31  999 

2  779 

31.5 

27.3 

8.7 

Oregon-Waehington  R.  S.  4  Nav.  Co. 

164  723 

7  416 

5  804 

78.3 

9  090 

163 

27.2 

28.4 

1.3 

Spokane,  Portland  4  Seattle 

43  321 

2  005 

1  667 

83.1 

2  486 

137 

26.9 

26.0 

5.5 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4  989  367 

254  169 

130  558 

71.0 

345  675 

25  056 

24,5 

27.6 

7.2 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

11  359 

562 

338 

60.1 

742 

15 

25.2 

33.6 

2.0 

Atchison,  Topeka  4  Santa  Fe 

1  066  850 

65  819 

45  679 

69.4 

67  003 

4  830 

32.7 

23.4 

7.2 

Bingham  4  Garfield 

9  408 

280 

142 

50.7 

851 

30 

li.O 

66.3 

3.5 

Chicago  4  Alton 

228  053 

12  432 

8  257 

66.4 

19  690 

610 

21.0 

27.6 

3.1 

Chicago  4  Eastern  Illinois 

235  230 

10  789 

7  495 

69.5 

20  157 

1  966 

17.8 

31.4 

9.8 

Chicago,  Burlington  4  Quincy 

1  353  089 

69  065 

47  799 

69.2 

76  291 

5  885 

30.2 

28.3 

7.7 

Chicago,  Peoria  4  St.  Louie 

16  770 

851 

637 

80.7 

1  5e9 

74 

17.9 

24.4 

4.7 

Chicago,  Rock  Island  4  Pac. (Inc. CRI4G) 

80  5  821 

49  118 

35  126 

71.5 

62  929 

3  505 

26.0 

22.9 

5.6 

Chicago,  Terre  Haute  4  Southeastern 

54  9  94 

2  742 

1  268 

46.2 

4  160 

275 

22.0 

43.4 

6.6 

Colorado  4  Southern 

77  606 

3  837 

2  498 

65.1 

7  512 

602 

17.0 

31.1 

8.0 

Denver  4  Rio  Grande 

184  082 

8  919 

6  333 

71.0 

13  740 

956 

21.6 

29.1 

7.0 

Denver  4  Salt  Lako 

21  020 

789 

495 

62,7 

975 

123 

27.0 

42.5 

12.  S 

El  Pa60  4  Southwestern 

121  931 

7  268 

4  894 

57.3 

4  812 

195 

50.3 

24.9 

4.1 

Fort  Worth  4  Denver  City 

49  029 

2  789 

1  913 

68.6 

4  002 

308 

23.2 

25.6 

7.7 

Los  Angeles  4  Salt  Lake 

89  282 

7  148 

3  933 

55.0 

4  583 

217 

52.0 

22.7 

4.7 

Nevada  Northern 

10  852 

405 

218 

53.3 

486 

14 

27.8 

49.8 

2.9 

Northweetern  Pacific 

13  407 

987 

536 

64.4 

1  639 

77 

20.1 

21.1 

4.7 

Oregon  Short  Line 

2  77  5  51 

12  920 

9  141 

70.3 

9  102 

253 

47.3 

30.4 

2.8 

Quincy,  Omaha  4  Kansas  City 

8  859 

460 

291 

63.3 

376 

2 

40.8 

30.4 

0.5 

Southern  Pacific  (Pacific  System) 

911  301 

51  054 

36  556 

71.6 

44  414 

2  221 

38.3 

24.9 

5.0 

St.  Joseph  4  Grand  Island 

15  358 

938 

712 

75.9 

574 

73 

54.5 

22.3 

12.7 

Toledo,  Peoria  4  Eastern 

7  174 

403 

273 

67.7 

935 

50 

14.4 

26.3 

5.3 

Union  Pacific 

759  695 

43  433 

31  050 

71.4 

19  777 

1  706 

73.3 

24.5 

8.6 

Utah 

14  475 

544 

284 

52.2 

552 

28 

32.9 

51.0 

5.1 

Western  Pacific 

134  430 

5  128 

4  157 

63.0 

3  627 

167 

56.3 

32.3 

4.6 

TOTAL  “  CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  478  126 

359  755 

250  185 

69.5 

370  518 

24  182 

32.4 

25.9 

6.5 

JUNE  1920 

Net 

Ton-ciles 

(thousands) 

1 

Freight  c 

ar -miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars  on 
line  daily 

Efficiency  ratios 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4-3  4-2 

Ton* 
per  car 
8*1  t  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 
9-64-5 

Road 

Total 

5 

Unservice¬ 

able 

6 

Car -miles 
per  day 

7  -  2_*i 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Fort  Worth  ft  Rio  Grande 

2  739 

288 

201 

69.8 

1  000 

80 

9.6 

13.6 

8.0 

Gulf  Coaat  Lines 

58  043 

3  403 

2  165 

63.6 

5  170 

376 

21.9 

26.8 

7.3 

Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fb 

116  499 

6  868 

4  915 

71.6 

11  522 

937 

19.9 

23.7 

6.1 

International  &  Great  Northern 

75  096 

4  663 

3  022 

64.8 

5  204 

270 

29.9 

24.6 

5.3 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  ft  Orient 

10  528 

603 

438 

72.6 

1  923 

287 

10.5 

24.0 

14.9 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  ft  Orient  of  Texas 

11  120 

795 

543 

68.3 

2  410 

287 

11.0 

20.5 

11.9 

Kansas  City  Southern  (lr.cl.T4FS) 

152  179 

7  459 

5  641 

75.6 

6  507 

344 

38.2 

27.0 

5.3 

Kansas,  Oklahoma  &  Culf 

13  985 

772 

475 

61.5 

1  120 

243 

23.0 

29.4 

21.7 

Louisiana  4  Arkansas 

17  641 

911 

604 

66.3 

1  276 

49 

23.8 

29.2 

3.8 

Louisiana  Ry.  4  Nay.  Co. 

19  194 

1  071 

771 

72.0 

1  758 

113 

20.3 

24.9 

6.4 

Midland  Valley 

17  587 

1  159 

615 

53.1 

2  504 

46 

15.4 

28.6 

1.8 

Missouri  4  North  Arkansas 

7  318 

387 

296 

76.5 

542 

29 

20.1 

24.7 

4.5 

Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas 

201  197 

14  646 

8  930 

60.1 

15  823 

1  272 

31.3 

22.5 

8.0 

Missouri,  Kansas  ft  Texas  of  Texas 

105  805 

7  211 

4  491 

62.3 

12  030 

460 

20.0 

23.6 

3.8 

Missouri  Pacific 

768  104 

38  435 

28  180 

73.3 

55  740 

2  688 

23.0 

27.3 

4.8 

St.  Louis  -  San  Francisco 

44  1  453 

25  353 

17  016 

67.1 

36  375 

2  164 

23.2 

25.9 

5.9 

St.  Louis,  San  Francisco  ft  Texas 

6  719 

449 

269 

59.9 

563 

45 

26.6 

25.0 

8.0 

St.  Louis  Southwestern 

129  467 

7  080 

5  468 

77.2 

6  874 

375 

34.3 

23.7 

5.5 

St.  Louis  Southwestern  of  Texas 

38  792 

2  581 

1  840 

71.3 

3  993 

168 

21.5 

21.1 

4.2 

San  Antonio  4  Aransas  Pass 

56  829 

1  603 

1  004 

62.6 

1  749 

172 

30.6 

16.9 

9.8 

Sunset  Lines  (irclsH&TC  and  HE&WT) 

352  824 

19  719 

13  470 

68.3 

23  613 

1  357 

27.8 

26.2 

5.7 

Texas  4  Pacific 

162  322 

10  361 

7  068 

68.2 

14  468 

1  440 

23.9 

23.0 

10.0 

Trinity  4  Brasos  Valley 

8  123 

435  * 

327 

75.2 

771 

207 

18.8 

24.8 

26.3 

Vicksburg,  Shreveport  4  Pacific 

15  007 

1  006 

602 

59.8 

1  316 

148 

25,5 

24.9 

11.2 

Wichita  Falls  4  Northwestern 

5  097 

365 

198 

54.2 

1  236 

13 

9.8 

25.7 

1.1 

Wichita  Valley 

3  269 

218 

153 

70.2 

535 

5 

13.6 

21.4 

0.9 

TOTAL  ”  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  756  947 

156  043 

108  703 

68.6 

215  122 

13  583 

24.4 

25.4 

S.3 

MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1S17  to  Juno  1920. 


Month 

Car-miles  per  day 

Tons  per  car 

(Revenue  and  Non-Revenue) 

of 

Percentage 

unserviceable 

cars 

Per 

loaded 

earn 

sent 

;o  total 
diles 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1913 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.3 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.6 

70,1 

70.0 

66.2 

70.9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28*3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

23.8 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

2e.s 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7.0 

70.8 

71.4 

68.1 

72.3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

19.4 

25.6 

29.4 

27.3 

28.6 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

6.5 

71.6 

68.0 

68.1 

CD 

May 

29.0 

26.4 

22.8 

24.2 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

26.3 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

6.6 

70.1 

66.6 

67.4 

71.2 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23.0 

25.0 

27.8 

28.3 

27.5 

29.0 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

7.0 

68.7 

66.8 

67.9 

69.5 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

- 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

- 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

- 

67.9 

64.7 

68.0 

- 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

- 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

- 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

- 

68.7 

67.6 

70.4 

- 

September 

26.6 

26. S 

26.5 

- 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

- 

5.3 

6.2 

8.5 

- 

70.0 

66.9 

69.6 

- 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

- 

27.7 

29.7 

28.0 

- 

5.6 

0.0 

7.4 

- 

71.5 

67.9 

68.4 

- 

November 

26.2 

24.6 

23.3 

- 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

- 

71.0 

67.1 

71.3 

- 

December  ■ 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27.7 

- 

5.2 

5.8 

. 

6.2 

- 

70.9 

65.9 

71.1 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

- 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

- 

5.6 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

70.2 

67.7 

68.7 

- 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

July  1920 


Statistics  of  freight  car  performance  for  the  month  of 
July,  1920,  herein  presented,  are  compiled  from  the  reports 
of  the  several  railways  of  Class  I  to  the  Interstate  Com¬ 
merce  Commission, 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating 
revenues  above  $1,000,000.  They  operate  an  aggregate  mile¬ 
age  approximating  90  per  cent  of  the  total  standard  gauge 
steam  railway  mileage  of  the  United  States,  and  own  about 
9-6  per  cent  of  all  standard  gauge  railway- owned  freight 
cars.  The  operations  included  in  this  statement  for  July 
cover  231,513  miles  of  line. 

Net  ton-miles  include  both  revenue  and  non-revenue 
freight  throughout.  Freight  car-miles  include  all  mileage 
made  by  freight  cars  in  freight,  mixed,  special,  and  other 
trains.  Unserviceable  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  await¬ 
ing  shop,  including  all  "bad  order"  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  July  were  as 
follows: 


Per  cent  of  loaded  car-miles.......  67.8 

Car-miles  per  day . 26.1 

Tons  per  loaded  car .  29.6 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  cars...,,  7.2 


The  average  daily  car-mileage  in  July  was  the  greatest 
since  the  month  of  October,  1919k  Tons  per  car  were  the 
greatest  of  any  month  since  December,  1918'. 


CONSECUTIVE  NO. 
O.  S.  SER.  A  NO. 


I  <53 
7 


JULY  1920 

Net 

tomniles 

(thousands) 

1 

Frt .  car -rails*  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 
on  line  daily 

Efficiency  Ratios 

Road 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4-3+2 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

Car-Milee 
per  day 

7  —  2  +  5 
31 

Tone 
per  oar 

8-1  +  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  6+5 

NEAT  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  087  716 

61  278 

43  104 

70.3 

110  010 

8  913 

18.0 

25.2 

8.1 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

7  530  800 

363  976 

250  747 

68.9 

484  886 

38  662 

24.2 

30.2 

8.0 

OHIO-IN DIANA "ALLEGHENY  REG. 

9  859  120 

416  596 

280  473 

67.3 

640  022 

41  589 

21.0 

35.2 

6.5 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  508  788 

97  196 

59  188 

60.9 

80  574 

6  498 

38.9 

42.4 

8.1 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  703  926 

267  325 

181  987 

68.1 

27  9  074 

19  911 

30.9 

25.8 

7.1 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  267  230 

278  958 

187  319 

67.1 

337  956 

25  957 

26.6 

28.1 

7.7 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  563  796 

372  240 

252  676 

67.9 

337  671 

24  768 

33.6 

26.0 

6.9 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  864  132 

160  091 

111  631 

69.8 

202  456 

12  878 

23.5 

25.6 

6.4 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

40  435  508 

2  017  660 

1  367  175 

67.8 

2  492  649 

179  176 

26,1 

29.6 

7.2 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

Atlantic  A  St.  Lawrence 

11  887 

730 

476 

65.2 

1  286 

168 

16.3 

25.0 

13.1 

Bangor  ft  Aroostook 

16  435 

1  240 

881 

71.0 

2  484 

292 

16.1 

18.7 

11.8 

Boston  4  Albany 

169  014 

9  067 

6  046 

66.7 

9  100 

389 

32.1 

28.0 

4.3 

Boston  1  Maine 

372  388 

20  995 

14  956 

71.2 

35  163 

3  191 

19.3 

24.9 

9.1 

Canadian  Pac. (Linse  in  Me.) 

15  557 

809 

655 

81.0 

511 

5 

51.1 

23.8 

1.0 

Central  New  England 

59  686 

2  750 

1  733 

63.0 

3  598 

434 

24.7 

34.4 

12.1 

Central  Vermont 

38  640 

2  282 

1  783 

78.1 

2  952 

163 

24.9 

21.7 

5.5 

Maine  Central 

85  845 

5  337 

3  628 

68.0 

9  698 

947 

17.8 

23.7 

9.8 

New  York, New  Hav.ft  Hartford 

295  591 

16  943 

12  035 

71.0 

43  154 

3  250 

12.7 

24.6 

7.5 

Rutland 

22  673 

1  125 

911 

81.0 

2  064 

74 

17.6 

24.9 

3.6 

TOTAL  -  NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  037  716 

61  278 

43  104 

70.3 

110  010 

8  913 

18.0 

25.2 

8.1 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

Ann  Arbor 

39  152 

1  947 

1  536 

78.9 

2  763 

236 

22.7 

25.5 

8.5 

Buff.,Roeh.  ft  Pittsburgh 

264  297 

9  494 

6  138 

64.7 

11  620 

830 

26.4 

43.1 

7.1 

Chgo.,Det.ft  Can-Grd-Trk.Jet. 

12  990 

517 

415 

30.3 

2  721 

296 

6.1 

31.3 

10.9 

Delaware  ft  Hudeon 

422  526 

17  822 

11  757 

66.0 

19  532 

1  084 

29.4 

35.9 

5.5 

Del.  ,Lack.  ft  Western 

520  471 

24  974 

17  372 

69.6 

25  098 

1  411 

32.1 

30.0 

5.6 

Detroit  ft  Mackinac 

9  792 

514 

368 

71.6 

941 

124 

17.6 

26,6 

13.2 

Det.  ft  Toledo  Shore  Line 

18  452 

803 

507 

63.1 

1  390 

107 

18.6 

36.4 

7.7 

Det., Grand  ilav.  ft  Milwaukee 

24  381 

1  182 

915 

77  .4 

3  401 

370 

11.2 

26.6 

10.9 

Erie  (Incl.  Chgo.  ft  Erie) 

1  145  516 

55  745 

37  936 

68.1 

66  983 

4  887 

26.8 

30.2 

7.3 

Grand  Trunk  Weetern 

132  743 

7  339 

5  526 

75.3 

6  802 

739 

34.8 

24.0 

10.9 

Lehigh  ft  Hudson  River 

42  439 

1  655 

1  091 

65.9 

1  529 

66 

34.9 

38.9 

4.3 

Lehigh  ft  New  England 

28  809 

1  128 

569 

50.4 

2  923 

iae 

12.4 

50.6 

6.4 

Lehigh  Valley 

670  113 

28  589 

20  086 

70.3 

36  700 

2  666 

25.1 

33.4 

7.3 

Michigan  Central 

482  008 

26  341 

18  962 

72.0 

38  096 

2  992 

22.3 

25.4 

7.9 

Monongahela 

24  666 

966 

511 

52.9 

1  251 

26 

24.9 

48.3 

2.1 

New  Jersey  ft  New  York 

255 

19 

11 

57.9 

115 

- 

5.3 

23.2 

- 

New  York  Central 

2  407  805 

121  734 

79  724 

65.5 

157  059 

12  251 

25.0 

30.2 

7.8 

New  York, Chgo.  4  St.  Louis 

289  141 

15  787 

12  027 

76.2 

10  843 

713 

47.0 

24.0 

6.6 

New  York,  Out.  ft  Weetern 

62  391 

2  690 

1  855 

64.2 

5  665 

1  015 

16.5 

33.6 

17.9 

New  York,  Susque.  ft  Western 

14  126 

625 

412 

65.9 

2  590 

95 

7.8 

34.3 

3.7 

Pare  Marquette 

259  544 

11  926 

9  369 

78.6 

23  509 

1  540 

16.4 

27.7 

6.6 

Pittsburgh  4  lake  Erie 

197  885 

6  276 

4  485 

71.5 

30  434 

3  370 

6.7 

44.1 

11.1 

Pittsburg  4  Shawmut 

13  151 

527 

277 

52.6 

813 

16 

20.9 

47.5 

2.0 

Pittsburgh  ft  West  Virginia 

13  733 

466 

316 

67.8 

952 

96 

15.8 

43.5 

10.1 

Pitts. .Shawmut  ft  Northern 

14  499 

731 

365 

49.9 

1  984 

1  182 

11.9 

39.7 

59.6 

Ulster  ft  Delaware 

4  867 

237 

140 

59.1 

384 

11 

19.9 

34.8 

2.9 

Wabash 

465  048 

23  742 

18  077 

76.1 

28  788 

2  351 

26.6 

25 .7 

8.2 

TOTAL  -  GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

7  530  800 

363  976 

250  747 

68.9 

484  886 

38  662 

24.2 

30.2 

8.0 

OHI O-IN DI ANA-AL LEGHENY  REGION 

Atlantic  City 

3  329 

172 

116 

67.4 

317 

2 

17.5 

28.7 

0.6 

Baltimore  ft  Ohio  (East  4  West) 

2  000  152 

84  705 

56  244 

66.4 

107  455 

7  586 

25.4 

35.6 

7.1 

Bessemer  ft  Lake  Erie 

228  007 

5  598 

4  567 

81.6 

7  456 

494 

24.2 

49.9 

6.6 

Buffalo  4  Susquehanna  RR  Corp. 

27  489 

1  130 

603 

53.4 

1  374 

177 

26.5 

45.6 

12.9 

Central  of  New  Jersey 

259  093 

11  708 

7  479 

63.9 

24  853 

2  430 

15.2 

34.6 

9.8 

Chicago, Indianapolis  ft  Louis. 

110  234 

5  190 

3  625 

69.8 

6  583 

472 

25.4 

30.4 

7.2 

Cincinnati, Indian. ft  Western 

38  409 

1  627 

1  339 

82.3 

2  571 

270 

20.4 

28.7 

10.5 

Cincinnati  Northern 

40  368 

1  724 

1  201 

69.7 

1  473 

94 

37.8 

33.5 

6.4 

Cleve. ,Cinn. ,Chgo.  4  St. Louis 

594  843 

31  801 

20  680 

65.0 

36  133 

2  877 

28.4 

28.8 

6.0 

Detroit,  Toledo  4  Ironton 

47  992 

1  649 

1  105 

67.0 

2  868 

540 

18.5 

43.4 

18.8 

Hocking  Valley 

200  521 

7  088 

4  309 

60.8 

11  907 

2  142 

19.2 

46.5 

18.0 

Kanawha  ft  Michigan 

51  539 

2  270 

1  267 

55.8 

3  208 

298 

22.8 

40.7 

9.3 

Lake  Erls  ft  Western 

125  076 

5  679 

4  911 

86.5 

7  338 

460 

25.0 

25.5 

6.3 

Long  Island 

10  200 

802 

512 

63.8 

5  976 

219 

4.3 

19.9 

3.7 

Pennsylvania  Lines 

4  827  200 

206  497 

139  596 

67.6 

339  872 

18  586 

19.6 

34.6 

5*5 

Perkioraen 

5  410 

228 

192 

84.2 

202 

• 

36.4 

28.2 

- 

Philadelphia  ft  Reading 

590  084 

21  490 

15  133 

70.4 

39  250 

1  319 

17.7 

39.0 

3.4 

Port  Reading 

4  575 

161 

98 

60.9 

1  426 

3 

3.5 

46.7 

0.2 

Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit 

a 

87 

66 

75.9 

2  332 

76 

1.2 

* 

3.3 

Toledo  ft  Ohio  Central 

166  608 

6  993 

3  730 

53  .3 

10  746 

682 

21.0 

44.7 

6.3 

Toledo,  St.  Louie  ft  Western 

134  903 

6  850 

4  907 

71.6 

3  973 

173 

55.6 

27.5 

4.4 

Western  Maryland 

227  739 

8  091 

5  030 

62.2 

9  035 

625 

28.9 

45.3 

6.9 

Wheeling  4  Labe  Erie 

165  349 

5  056 

3  763 

74.4 

13  674 

2  064 

11.9 

43.9 

15  *1 

TOTAL-OHIO-INDI ANA -A1  IEOH. REG  ■ 

9  859  120 

416  596 

280  473 

67.3 

640  022 

41  589 

21.0 

35.2 

6.5 

TOCAHONTAS  REGION 

Chesapeake  ft  Ohio 

1  095  622 

43  221 

26  173 

60.6 

37  437 

3  718 

37.2 

41.9 

9.9 

Norfolk  ft  Western 

1  086  858 

41  200 

25  894 

62.8 

34  858 

2  153 

38.1 

42.0 

6.2 

Rich., Fredericksburg  ft  Potomac 

34  918 

2  507 

1  845 

73.6 

1  677 

276 

48.2 

18.9 

16.5 

Yireinian 

291  390 

10  268 

5  276 

51.4 

6  602 

351 

50.2 

55.2 

5*3 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  508  788 

97  196 

59  188 

60.9 

80  574 

6  498 

38.9 

42.4 

8.1 

JULY  1920 

Net 

Frt.  oar-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 
on  line  dally 

Effioienoy  Ratios 

ton-miles 

Per  cent 

Unser- 

Car-Miles 

Tons 

Per  cent  of 

(thousands ) 

Total 

Loaded 

loaded 

Total 

viceable 

per  day 

Per  car 

unservice- 

Road 

to  Total 

0  Jh.  Q 

able  cars 

1 

2 

3 

4=  3  +  2 

5 

6 

se  A  T  J 

7  -  — 5x- 

8-1  +  3 

9-6+5 

80UTHERN  REGION 

Alabama  A  Vicksburg 

15  087 

943 

639 

67.0 

1  023 

127 

29.7 

23.6 

12.4 

Alabama  Ore at  Southern 

77  079 

3  779 

2  978 

78.8 

3  306 

270 

36.9 

25.9 

8*2 

Atlanta  A  West  Point 

7  803 

439 

371 

84.5 

592 

74 

23.9 

21.0 

12.5 

Atlanta, Birmingham  &  Atlantic 

56  454 

3  417 

1  972 

57.7 

2  469 

206 

44.6 

28.6 

8.3 

Atlantic  Coast  Lino 

294  663 

20  869 

14  071 

67.4 

26  849 

3  480 

25.1 

20.9 

13.0 

Carolina, Clinohfield  A  Ohio 

81  246 

3  608 

1  900 

52.7 

4  382 

373 

26.6 

42.8 

8.5 

Central  of  Oeorgia 

124  684 

8  238 

5  861 

71.1 

8  148 

362 

32.6 

21.3 

4.4 

Charleston  A  Western  Carolina 

17  911 

887 

589 

66.4 

1  577 

99 

18.1 

30.4 

6.3 

Cirji. ,New  Orleans  A  Tex.Pao. 

131  313 

7  780 

5  865 

75.4 

8  589 

535 

29.2 

22.4 

6.2 

Florida  East  Coast 

42  827 

3  504 

2  113 

60.3 

2  700 

140 

41.9 

20.3 

5.2 

Oeorgia 

32  321 

1  902 

1  461 

76.8 

2  407 

501 

25.5 

22.1 

20.8 

Oeorgia  Southern  A  Florida 

25  600 

1  771 

1  146 

64.7 

2  405 

177 

23.7 

22.3 

7.4 

Oulf  A  Ship  Island 

7  462 

443 

327 

73.8 

1  037 

26 

13.8 

22.8 

2.5 

Oulf,  Mobile  A  Northern 

13  935 

791 

616 

77.9 

1  236 

97 

20.6 

22.6 

7.8 

Illinois  Central  (incl.YAMV) 

1  469  003 

79  560 

51  087 

64.2 

58  056 

2  940 

44.2 

28.8 

5.1 

Louisville  A  Nashville 

847  005 

44  790 

29  457 

65.8 

42  303 

3  907 

34.2 

28*8 

9.2 

Louisville, Henderson  A  St.Loui 

a  23  730 

929 

772 

83.1 

501 

13 

59.8 

30.7 

2.6 

Mississippi  Central 

1  697 

139 

97 

69.8 

426 

29 

10.5 

17.5 

6.8 

Mobile  A  Ohio 

146  476 

7  344 

5  176 

70.5 

9  197 

1  129 

25.8 

28.3 

12.3 

Nashville, Chattanooga  A  St.L. 

131  549 

7  528 

5  821 

77.3 

8  151 

553 

29.8 

22.6 

6.3 

New  Orleans  A  Northeastern 

45  790 

2  218 

1  767 

79.7 

3  315 

301 

21.6 

25.9 

9.1 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

7  364 

466 

303 

65.0 

835 

2 

18.0 

24.3 

0.2 

Norfolk  Southern 

22  504 

1  321 

990 

74.9 

3  033 

355 

14.0 

22.7 

11.7 

Northern  Alabama 

8  731 

372 

221 

59.4 

814 

- 

14.7 

39.5 

- 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

238  849 

13  955 

10  141 

72.7 

19  290 

1  685 

23.3 

23.6 

8.7 

Southern 

807  930 

48  968 

35  250 

72.0 

63  731 

2  322 

24.8 

22.9 

3*6 

Southern  in  Mississippi 

4  491 

271 

*  184 

67.9 

720 

59 

12.1 

24.4 

8.2 

Tennessee  Central 

11  290 

569 

410 

72.1 

1  256 

58 

14.6 

27.5 

4.6 

Western  of  Alabama 

9  132 

524 

402 

76.7 

723 

91 

23.4 

22.7 

12.6 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REOION 

4  703  926 

267  325 

181  987 

68.1 

279  074 

19  911 

30.9 

25.8 

7.1 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  A  Northwestern 

1  078  863 

59  491 

39  459 

66.3 

84  120 

5  930 

22.8 

27.3 

7.1 

Chicago,  St  .Paul,  Minn  »&  Omaha 

157  557 

9  323 

6  643 

71.3 

13  422 

1  192 

22.4 

23.7 

6.9 

Chicago  Great  Western 

169  149 

9  7 25 

6  535 

67.2 

11  846 

1  166 

26.5 

25.9 

9.9 

Chicago, Milwaukee  A  St. Paul 

1  090  854 

65  624 

43  307 

66.0 

70  693 

6  260 

29.9 

25.2 

8.9 

Duluth  A  Iron  Range 

131  597 

5  172 

2  733 

52.8 

6  634 

164 

25.1 

18.2 

2.5 

Duluth,  Mi8eabe  A  Northern 

259  786 

9  682 

5  342 

55.2 

9  158 

85 

34.1 

48.6 

0.9 

Duluth, South  Shore  A  Atlantic 

31  944 

1  864 

1  269 

68.1 

3  150 

189 

19.1 

25.2 

6.0 

Duluth, Winnipeg  A  Pacific 

15  175 

837 

569 

68.0 

2  108 

199 

12.8 

26.7 

9.4 

Elgin,  Joliet  A  pastern 

205  907 

7  321 

5  316 

72.6 

16  669 

1  221 

14.2 

38.7 

7.3 

Great  Northern 

835  598 

40  703 

26  810 

65.9 

46  322 

3  889 

28.3 

31.2 

8.4 

Late  Superior  A  Ishpeming 

9  052 

348 

177 

50.9 

995 

22 

11.3 

51.1 

2.2 

Mineral  Range 

2  216 

103 

58 

56.3 

840 

13 

4.0 

38.2 

1.5 

Minneapolis  A  St.  Louis 

116  944 

6  088 

4  236 

69.6 

8  323 

530 

23.6 

27.6 

6.4 

Minn.,St.Paul  A  S.S.  Marie 

290  038 

17  580 

12  726 

72.4 

20  023 

1  711 

28.3 

22.8 

8*4 

Northern  Pacific 

654  520 

34  699 

24  288 

70.0 

33  781 

3  115 

33.1 

26.9 

9.2 

Oregon-Washington  R.R.  A  Nav.Co.  176  165 

8  359 

6  192 

74.1 

7  552 

170 

35.7 

28.5 

2.3 

Spokane ,  Portland  A  Seattle 

41  765 

2  039 

1  657 

81.3 

2  320 

99 

28.4 

25.2 

4.3 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  267  230 

278  958 

187  319 

67.1 

337  956 

25  957 

26.6 

28.1 

7.7 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

11  456 

536 

332 

61.9 

875 

15 

19.8 

34.5 

1.7 

Atchison, Topeka  A  Santa  Fe 

1  120  213 

71  721 

49  045 

68.4 

62  456 

5  194 

37.0 

22.8 

8.3 

Bingham  A  Garfield 

9  822 

291 

146 

50.9 

879 

34 

10.7 

66.4 

3.9 

Chicago  A  Alton 

198  346 

11  176 

7  377 

66.0 

17  420 

622 

20.7 

26.9 

3.6 

Chicago  A  Eastern  Illinois 

246  110 

11  879 

7  717 

65.0 

23  845 

1  988 

16.1 

31.9 

8.3 

Chicago, Burlington  A  Quincy 

1  327  848 

70  255 

46  322 

65.9 

70  832 

5  355 

32.0 

28.7 

7.6 

Chicago, Peoria  A  St. Louie 

20  681 

955 

750 

78.5 

1  685 

77 

18.3 

27.6 

4.6 

Chicago, R.I.  A  Pac. (Incl.CRlAG 

813  430 

46  964 

33  718 

71.8 

57  725 

4  437 

26.2 

24.1 

7.7 

Chicago,  Terre  Haute  A  S.S. 

52  825 

2  533 

1  206 

47.6 

4  423 

302 

18.5 

43.6 

6  »3 

Colorado  A  Southern 

78  621 

3  647 

2  370 

65.0 

6  865 

499 

17.1 

33.2 

7.3 

Denver  A  Rio  Grande 

190  943 

8  938 

6  389 

71.5 

13  835 

9271 

20.8 

29.9 

6.7 

Denver  A  Salt  Late 

18  445 

871 

495 

56.8 

1  027 

157  j 

27.4 

37.3 

15.3 

El  Paso  A  Southwestern 

99  034 

5  759 

3  648 

63.3 

4  137 

247 

44.9 

27.1 

6.0 

Fort  Worth  A  Denver  City 

53  891 

2  668 

1  974 

74.0 

3  485 

321 

24.7 

27.3 

9.2 

Los  Angeles  A  Salt  Late 

90  646 

5  675 

3  816 

67.2 

3  840 

242 

47.7 

23.8 

6  o3 

Nevada  Northern 

9  579 

357 

191 

53.5 

453 

16 

25.4 

50.2 

3.5 

Northwestern  Pacific 

14  763 

1  062 

705 

66.4 

1  885 

65 

18.2 

20.9 

3.4 

Oregon  Short  Line 

287  139 

14  181 

9  64  0 

68.0 

8  703 

290 

52.6 

29.8 

3.3 

Quincy .Omaha  A  Kansas  City 

7  723 

390 

260 

66.7 

356 

8 

35.3 

29.7 

2.2 

Southern  Pacific  (Pacific  Sys. 

i  918  123 

52  784 

3  6  632 

69.4 

47  015 

2  272 

36.2 

25.1 

4.3 

St. Joseph  A  Grand  Island 

16  763 

1  042 

714 

68.5 

763 

66 

44.1 

23.5 

8.7 

Toledo,  Peoria  A  Western 

8  066 

421 

298 

70.8 

892 

47  | 

.  15.2 

27.1 

5.3 

Union  Paoifio 

815  505 

50  549 

34  145 

67.5 

19  950 

1  414 

81.7 

23.9 

7.1 

Utah 

14  214 

550 

277 

50.4 

616 

23  1 

28.8 

51.3 

3.7 

Western  Pacific 

139  610 

7  036 

4  507 

64.1 

3  709 

150 

61.2 

31.0 

4.0 

TOTAL-CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  563  796 

372  240 

252  676 

67.9 

357  671 

24  768 

33.6 

26.0 

6.9 

JULY  1920 

Road 

Net 

ton-miles 

{thousands) 

1 

Frt.  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 
on  line  daily 

Efficiency  Ratios 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4-3  +  2 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

Car  miles 
per  day 

7  r  2  +  5 

Tons 
per  car 

8*1  +  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 
9-6+5 

31 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Fort  Worth  &  Rio  Grande 

3  203 

301 

207 

68.8 

822 

52 

11.8 

15.5 

6.3 

Gulf  Coast  Lines 

55  476 

3  106 

2  129 

68.5 

4  037 

418 

24.8 

26.1 

10.4 

Gulf (Colorado  &  Santa  Fe 

1\1  248 

7  826 

5  591 

71.4 

10  464 

791 

24.1 

26.3 

7.6 

Int.rnational  A  Great  Northern 

96  466 

5  103 

3  656 

71.6 

5  498 

338 

29.9 

26.4 

6.1 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  A  Orient 

10  426 

599 

473 

79.0 

792 

162 

24*4 

22.0 

20.5 

Kansas  City, Max .A  Orient  of  Ta 

X.  12  696 

8dl 

642 

80.1 

1  050 

140 

24.6 

19.8 

13.3 

Kansas  City  Sou. (Incl.TAFS) 

151  173 

7  338 

5  591 

76.2 

6  023 

342 

39.3 

27.0 

5.7 

Kansas,  Oklahoma  A  Gulf 

15  699 

874 

531 

60.8 

1  437 

211 

19.6 

29.6 

14.7 

Louisiana  A  Arkansas 

18  894 

1  012 

656 

64.8 

1  300 

50 

25.1 

28.8 

3.8 

Louisiana  Ry.  A  Nav.  Co. 

19  988 

1  104 

739 

66.9 

1  898 

139 

18.8 

27.0 

7.3 

Midland  Valley 

19  224 

1  133 

657 

58.0 

1  821 

49 

20.1 

29.3 

2.7 

Missouri  A  North  Arkansas 

7  100 

356 

270 

75.8 

510 

72 

22.5 

26.3 

14.1 

Missouri,  Kansas  A  Texas 

211  890 

15  304 

9  251 

60.4 

16  068 

1  154 

30.7 

22.9 

7.2 

Missouri, Kansas  A  Texas  of  Tex 

.  120  011 

7  522 

4  864 

64.7 

12  303 

418 

19.7 

24.7 

3.4 

Missouri  Pacific 

762  421 

38  780 

28  514 

73.5 

52  765 

2  688 

23.7 

26.7 

5.1 

St.  Louis  -  San  Francisco 

429  007 

24  539 

16  202 

66.0 

36  200 

2  107 

21.9 

26.5 

5.8 

St. Louis, San  Francisco  A  Texas 

8  370 

449 

315 

70.2 

463 

30 

31.3 

26.6 

6.5 

St.  Louis  Southwestern 

138  433 

8  077 

5  837 

72.3 

7  399 

300 

35.2 

23.7 

4.1 

St.  Louis  Southwestern  of  Tex. 

39  414 

2  639 

1  828 

69.3 

2  915 

188 

29.2 

21.6 

6.4 

San  Antonio  A  Aransas  Pass 

18  560 

1  268 

836 

65.9 

1  411 

133 

29.0 

22.2 

9.4 

Sunset  Lines  (Incl.HATC  A  HE&WT)  363  699 

19  078 

13  932 

73.0 

22  136 

1  377 

27.8 

26.1 

6.2 

Texas  A  Pacific 

177  243 

10  873 

7  571 

69.6 

11  611 

1  436 

30.2 

23.4 

12.4 

Trinity  A  Bra20s  Valley 

13  615 

523 

430 

82.2 

679 

193 

24.8 

31.7 

28.4 

Vicksburg, Shreveport  A  Pacific 

14  606 

954 

602 

63.1 

1  157 

76 

26.6 

24.3 

6.6 

Wichita  Falls  A  Northwestern 

6  012 

345 

219 

63.5 

1  169 

10 

9.5 

27.5 

0.9 

Wichita  Valley 

3  258 

187 

138 

73.8 

528 

4 

11.4 

23.6 

0.8 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  864  132 

160  091 

111  681 

69.8 

202  456 

12  878 

25.5 

25.6 

6.4 

a  Data  not  available. 


MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  July  1920. 


Month 

Car-miles  per  day 

Tons  per  car 

(Revenue  and  Non -Revenue) 

of 

Percentage 

unserviceable 

cars 

Per 

loaded 

earn 

:ent 

bo  total 
niles 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919“ 

1920 

January 

25.3 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.6 

70.1 

70.0 

66.2 

70.9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28.3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6*5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

23.8 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

28.3 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7.0 

70.8 

71.4 

68.1 

72.3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

19.4 

25.6 

29.4 

27  .3 

28.6 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

6  «5 

71.6 

68.0 

68.1 

68.3 

May 

29.0 

26.4 

22.8 

24.2 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

28.3 

5*6 

5.4 

7.3 

6.6 

70.1 

66.6 

67.4 

71.2 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23.0 

25.0 

27.8 

28.3 

27.5 

29.0 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

7.0 

68.7 

66.8 

67.9 

69.5 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

26.1 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

29.6 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

7.2 

67.9 

64.7 

68.0 

67.8 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

CJ 

• 

CVJ 

- 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

- 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

- 

68.7 

67.6 

70.4 

- 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

- 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

- 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

- 

70.0 

66.9 

69.6 

- 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

- 

27.7 

29.7 

28.0 

- 

5.5 

6.0 

7.4 

- 

71.5 

67.9 

68.4 

- 

November 

26.2 

24.o 

23.3 

- 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

- 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

- 

71.0 

67.1 

71.3 

- 

Deoember 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27.7 

- 

5.2 

5.8 

6.2 

- 

70.9 

65.9 

71.1 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

- 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

- 

5.6 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

70.2 

67.7 

68.7 

f 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 


August  1920 


The  accompanying  statistics  of  freight  car  performance 
for  the  month  of  August,  1920,  are  compiled  from  the  reports 
of  railways  of  Class  I  to  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating  rev¬ 
enues  above  $1, 000, 000,  Their  operated  mileage  approximates 
90  per  cent  of  the  total  standard  gauge  steam  railway  mileage 
of  the  United  States,  and  their  owned  freight  cars  96  per  cent 
of  all  standard  gauge  railway-owned  freight  cars.  The  opera¬ 
tions  included  in  this  statement  for  August  cover  231,587 
miles  of  line. 

Net  ton-miles  include  revenue  and  non-revenue  freight 
throughout.  Freight  car-miles  include  all  mileage  made  by 
freight  cars  in  freight,  mixed,  special,  and  other  trains.  Un¬ 
serviceable  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  awaiting  shop,  in¬ 
cluding  all  "bad  order”  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  August  all  showed 
improvement  over  the  corresponding  factors  for  July.  They  were 
as  follows: 


Per  cent  of  loaded  car-miles,..,,.,  68.2 

Car-miles  per  day . 27,4 

Tons  per  loaded  car . .  29.8 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  care,,..,  7,1 


The  daily  car-mileage  in  August  was  the  greatest  since 
the  month  of  May,  1917.  Tons  per  car  were  the  greatest  of  any 
month  since  December,  1918, 


* 


CONSECUTIVE  NO.  164 
O.  S.  SER.  A  NO.  6 


AUGUST  1920 

Net 

ton-miles 

(thousands) 

1 

Frt.  carmniles  (thousands) 

Freight 
on  line 

cars 

daily 

Efficiency  Ratio 

Road 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

2 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4=  3  -i-  2 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

Car -miles 
per  day 

7  *  2  *  5 
31 

Tons 
per  car 

8*1  4-  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  64-5 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  107  355 

60  612 

43  658 

72.0 

106  060 

9  186 

18.4 

25.4 

8.7 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

7  949  392 

381  875 

266  318 

69.7 

491  047 

38  942 

25.1 

29.8 

7.9 

OHI 0 -INDI ANA-ALLEGHENY  REG. 

10  352  575 

436  C23 

266  347 

65.7 

629  069 

37  269 

22.4 

36.2 

5.9 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  631  863 

99  773 

61  610 

61.9 

85  339 

7  102 

37.7 

42.6 

8.3 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

5  025  076 

256  519 

182  103 

71.0 

272  587 

19  651 

30.4 

27.6 

7.2 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  495  176 

307  841 

200  709 

65.2 

346  444 

27  631 

28.7 

27.4 

8.0 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

7  072  486 

395  358 

274  264 

69.4 

339  869 

24  652 

37.5 

25.3 

7.3 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

3  072  912 

163  097 

116  723 

71.6 

204  847 

12  433 

25.7 

26.3 

6.0 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

42  706  835 

2  101  103 

1431  927 

68.2 

2  475  262 

176  866 

27.4 

29.8 

7.1 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

Atlantic  A  St.  Lawrence 

13  382 

739 

518 

70.1 

1  391 

193 

17.1 

25.8 

13.9 

Bangor  A  Aroostook 

18  881 

1  418 

963 

67.9 

2  534 

269 

18.1 

19.6 

10.6 

Boston  &  Albany 

164  769 

8  896 

6  124 

68.8 

8  634 

339 

33.2 

26.9 

3.9 

Boston  i  Maine 

379  156 

20  641 

14  819 

71.8 

34  074 

3  150 

19.5 

25.6 

9.2 

Canadian  Pac. (Lines  in  Me.) 

17  523 

784 

654 

88.5 

645 

10 

39.2 

25.2 

1.6 

Central  New  England 

57  552 

2  800 

1  728 

61.7 

2  578 

516 

35.0 

33.3 

20.0 

Central  Vermont 

39  350 

2  213 

1  775 

80.2 

2  787 

126 

25.6 

22.2 

4.5 

Maine  Central 

80  412 

4  80S 

3  527 

73.4 

8  644 

791 

17.9 

22.8 

9.2 

New  York, New  Hav.  a  Hartford 

308  213 

16  883 

12  422 

73.6 

42  720 

3  710 

12.7 

24.8' 

8.7 

Rutland 

28  117 

1  435 

1  088 

75.3 

2  053 

32 

22.5 

25.0 

4.0 

TOTAL  -  NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  107  355 

60  612 

43  658 

72.0 

106  060 

9  186 

18.4 

25.4 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

Ann  Arbor 

44  729 

2  018 

1  674 

83.0 

3  147 

241 

20.7 

26.7 

7.7 

Buffalo,  Rochester  A  Pitts. 

257  706 

10  065 

6  161 

61.2 

10  772 

917 

30.1 

41.6 

3.5 

Chgo.,Det.A  Can.Grd.Trk.Jct. 

12  999 

479 

405 

84.6 

2  510 

306 

6.2 

32.1 

12.2 

Delaware  a  Hudson 

456  243 

IS  646 

12  389 

66.4 

21  393 

1  112 

28.1 

36.8 

5.2 

Delaware,  Lacka.  a  Western 

547  591 

26  269 

18  511 

70.5 

25  293 

1  387 

33.5 

29.6 

5.5 

Detroit  a  Mackinac 

9  760 

603 

400 

66.3 

1  065 

110 

18.3 

24.4 

10.3 

Det.  a  Toledo  Shore  Line 

16  083 

757 

463 

61.2 

1  149 

100 

21.3 

34.7 

3.7 

Det., Grand  Hav.  a  Milwaukee 

27  373 

1  458 

1  129 

77.4 

3  138 

382 

15.0 

24.2 

12.2 

Erie  (Incl.  Chgo.  a  Erie) 

1  126  003 

55  424 

38  707 

69.8 

66  745 

4  570 

26.8 

29.1 

6.8 

Grand  Trunk  Western 

125  736 

7  849 

5  345 

68.1 

6  274 

763 

40.4 

23.5 

12.2 

Lehigh  A  Hudson  River 

42  327 

1  844 

1  111 

60.2 

1  102 

76 

54.0 

38.1 

6.9 

Lehigh  A  New  England 

23  268 

865 

470 

54.3 

2  710 

141 

10.3 

49.5 

5.2 

Lehigh  Valley 

705  534 

30  573 

21  447 

70.2 

37  838 

3  127 

26.1 

32.9 

8.3 

Michigan  Central 

522  115 

28  098 

20  494 

72.9 

38  348 

2  901 

23.6 

25.5 

7.6 

Monongahela 

32  731 

1  158 

623 

53.8 

1  575 

39 

23.7 

52.5 

2.5 

New  Jersey  A  New  York 

266 

18 

12 

66.7 

77 

7.5 

22.2 

- 

New  York  Central 

2  498  774 

126  477 

84  040 

66.4 

161  439 

11  826 

25.3 

29.7 

7.3 

New  York, Chgo.  A  St.  Louis 

335  864' 

17  458 

13  564 

77.7 

12  287 

868 

45.8 

24.8 

7.1 

New  York,  Ontario  A  Western 

63  486 

2  916 

1  S09 

65.5 

5  270 

1  005 

17  .C 

35.9 

19.1 

New  York,  Susque.  A  Western 

12  303 

543 

367 

67.6 

2  394 

85 

7.3 

33.5 

3.6 

Pere  Marquette 

274  784 

12  770 

10  089 

79.0 

22  967 

1  564 

17.9 

27.2 

6,8 

Pittsburgh  A  Lake  Erie 

262  146 

8  407 

6  132 

72.9 

30  018 

3  775 

9.0 

42.8 

12.6 

Pittsburg  A  Shawmut 

11  445 

460 

240 

52.2 

606 

24 

24.5 

47.7 

4.0 

Pittsburgh  A  West  Virginia 

14  239 

508 

338 

66.5 

941 

101 

17.4 

42.1 

10.7 

Pitts.  ,Shswnut  A  Northern 

13  387 

617 

327 

53.0 

1  982 

1  206 

10.0 

40.9 

60.8 

Ulster  A  Delaware 

4  893 

253 

140 

55.3 

375 

7 

21.8 

35.0 

1.9 

Wabash 

502  607 

25  342 

19  831 

78.3 

29  632 

2  309 

27.6 

25.3 

7.8 

TOTAL  -  GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

7  949  392 

361  375 

266  318 

69.7 

491  047 

38  942 

25.1 

29,8 

7.9 

OHIO-INDIANA-ALLEGHENY  REGION 

Atlantic  City 

5  282 

252 

177 

70.2 

361 

7 

22.5 

29.8 

1.9 

Baltimore  A  Ohio  (East  A  West) 

2  15 3  525 

91  643 

59  740 

65.2 

114  464 

7  493 

25.8 

36.0 

5.5 

Bessemer  A  Lake  Erie 

244  534 

6  123 

4  348 

79.2 

8  009 

550 

24.7 

50.4 

6.9 

Buffalo  A  Susquehanna  RR  Corp. 

28  311 

1  161 

620 

53.4 

1  485 

174 

25.2 

45.7 

11.7 

Central  of  New  Jersey 

268  936 

12  313 

8  038 

65.3 

25  363 

2  713 

15.7 

33.5 

10.7 

Chicago, Indianapolis  A  Louis. 

107  914 

5  136 

3  585 

69.8 

6  572 

461 

25.2 

30.1 

7.0 

Cincinnati .Indianapolis  A  West 

.  40  338 

1  692 

1  400 

e2.7 

1  981 

269 

27.6 

28.3 

IS  *6 

Cincinnati  Northern 

46  386 

2  090 

1  458 

59.8 

1  638 

84 

41.2 

31.8 

5.1 

Cleveland ,Cin. .Chicago  A  St.L. 

640  091 

32  757 

21  999 

67.2 

36  730 

2  911 

28.8 

29.1 

7.9 

Detroit,  Toledo  &  Ironton 

60  969 

2  080 

1  461 

70.2 

3  301 

583 

20.3 

41.7 

17.7 

Hocking  Valley 

223  137 

7  962 

4  767 

59.9 

13  020 

2  3  98 

19.7 

46.8 

18.4 

Kanawha  A  Michigan 

50  457 

2  087 

1  222 

58.6 

3  571 

286 

18.9 

41.3 

8.0 

Lake  Erie  a  Western 

.110  990 

5  052 

4  238 

83.9 

6  948 

377 

23.5 

26.2 

5.4 

Long  Island 

11  319 

608 

519 

64.2 

5  937 

237 

4.4 

21.8 

4.0 

Pennsylvania  Lines 

4  928  295 

210  322 

135  678 

64.5 

309  162 

13  674 

22.0 

36.3 

4.4 

Per ki omen 

6  732 

283 

240 

84.8 

168 

54.3 

28.1 

- 

Philadelphia  A  Reading 

693  052 

25  314 

17  872 

69.2 

46  301 

1  837 

18.0 

38.8 

4.0 

Port  Reading 

6  594 

254 

142 

55.9 

2  094 

19 

3.9 

46.0 

0.9 

Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit 

a 

95 

70 

73.7 

3  686 

54 

0.8 

- 

1.5 

Toledo  A  Ohio  Central 

161  586 

6  800 

4  077 

60.0 

10  535 

701 

20.8 

44.5 

6.7 

Toledo,  St.Louis  a  Western 

138  108 

6  880 

4  884 

71.0 

3  860 

167 

57  .5 

28.3 

4.3 

Western  Maryland 

238  223 

8  712 

5  498 

63.1 

11  506 

658 

24.2 

43.3 

5.7 

Wheeling  A  Lake  Erie 

167  736 

5  107 

3  814 

74.7 

12  277 

1  621 

13.4 

44.0 

13.2 

TOTAL-OHIO-INDIANA-ALIEQH . REG . 

10  352  575 

436  023 

286  347 

65  .7 

629  069 

37  269 

22.4 

36.2 

5.9 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

Chesapeake  A  Ohio 

1  191  590 

45  897 

28  166 

61.4 

41  000 

3  983 

36.1 

42.3 

9.7 

Norfolk  A  Western 

1  104  221 

41  117 

26  479 

64.4 

35  757 

2  414 

37.1 

41.7 

6.8 

Rich., Fredericksburg  A  Potomac 

35  529 

2  086 

1  563 

74.9 

1  854 

328 

36.3 

22.7 

17.7 

Virginian 

300  523 

10  678 

5  602 

52.5 

6  728 

377 

51.2 

53.6 

5  *6 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  621  863 

99  773 

61  310 

61.9 

e5  339 

7  102 

37.7 

42.6 _ 

8.3 

AUGUST  1920 

Net 

JVt.  car-nniles  (thousands) 

*  ■  .  . . 

Freight  cars 
on  line  doily 

'  '  ' B  '  .  ■■  ' 

Efficiency  Ratios 

ton-miles 

Per  cent 

Unser- 

Car -miles 

Tons 

Per  cent  of 

Road 

(thousands) 

Total 

Loaded 

loaded 

Total 

vice  able 

per  day 

per  car 

unservice- 

to  total 

able  cars 

1 

2 

3 

4-3*2 

5 

6 

7  -  2  h  5 
31 

8-1+3 

9-6  +  5 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

Alabama  ft  Vioksburg 

15  105 

364 

608 

70.4 

881 

34 

31.6 

24.8 

3.9 

Alabama  Great  Southern 

82  359 

4  138 

3  159 

76.3 

3  017 

160 

44.2 

26.1 

5.3 

Atlanta  &  West  Point 

7  201 

399 

333 

83.5 

450 

65 

28.6 

21.6 

14.4 

Atlanta, Birmingham  A  Atlantic 

55  964 

2  683 

1  751 

65.3 

2  251 

175 

38.4 

32.0 

7.8 

Atlantic  Coast  Lino 

308  977 

19  132 

13  192 

69.0 

25  234 

2  836 

24.5 

23.4 

11.2 

Carolina, Clinchfis'id  A  Ohio 

75  426 

3  065 

1  763 

57.5 

3  806 

381 

26.0 

42.8 

10.0 

Central  of  Georgia 

129  326 

7  181 

5  296 

73.8 

7  773 

332 

29.8 

24.4 

4.3 

Charleston  &  Western  Carolina 

17  752 

781 

579 

74.1 

1  330 

116 

18.9 

30.7 

8.7 

Cirsn.  ,New  Orleans  4  Tex.  Pac. 

135  240 

7  721 

5  850 

75.8 

8  076 

502 

30.8 

23.1 

6.2 

Florida  East  Coast 

47  960 

3  678 

2  146 

58.3 

3  002 

98 

39.5 

22.3 

3.3 

Georgia 

33  899 

1  710 

1  410 

82.5 

2  067 

460 

26.7 

24.0 

23.2 

Georgia  Southern  &  Florida 

22  586 

1  271 

920 

72.4 

2  090 

215 

19.6 

24.6 

10.3 

Gulf  ft  Ship  Island 

6  635 

446 

313 

70.2 

1  050 

31 

13.7 

21.2 

3.0 

Gulf,  Mobile  4  Northern 

23  937 

1  085 

873 

80,5 

1  426 

100 

24.5 

27.4 

7.0 

Illinois  Central  (Incl.YftMY) 

1  606  406 

75  856 

52  902 

69.7 

58  097 

2  780 

42.1 

30.4 

4.8 

Louisville  4  Nashville 

946  519 

45  130 

30  455 

67.5 

46  580 

5  073 

30,0 

31.1 

10.4 

Louisville, Hendereon  4  St.Loui 

s  23  432 

1  003 

796 

79.4 

547 

22 

59.1 

29.4 

4.0 

Mississippi  Central 

2  873 

130 

134 

74.4 

476 

28 

12.2 

21.4 

5.9 

Mobile  4  Ohio 

186  238 

8  182 

6  152 

75.2 

8  695 

1  216 

30.4 

30.3 

14.0 

Nashville,  Chatt.  4  St.  Louis 

137  245 

7  377 

5  605 

76.0 

7  159 

508 

33.2 

24.5 

7.1 

New  Orleans  &  Northeastern 

45  742 

2  174 

1  750 

80.5 

2  882 

241 

24.3 

26.1 

8.4 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

9  362 

529 

343 

64.8 

992 

2 

17.2 

27.4 

0.2 

Norfolk  Southern 

23  093 

1  336 

1  015 

76.0 

2  946 

347 

14.6 

22,8 

-l.a 

Northern  Alabama 

8  045 

334 

201 

60.2 

801 

13.5 

40.0 

- 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

242  154 

13  738 

10  087 

73.4 

18  775 

1  608 

23.6 

24.0 

8.S 

Southern 

804  434 

45  100 

33  426 

74.1 

57  533 

2  122 

25.3 

24.1 

3.7 

Southern  in  Mississippi 

5  196 

284 

207 

72.9 

639 

41 

14,3 

25.1 

6.4 

Tennessee  Central 

12  811 

635 

452 

71.2 

1  440 

56 

14.2 

28.3 

3.9 

Western  of  Alabama 

9  139 

507 

385 

75.9 

572 

82 

28.6 

23.7 

14.3 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION  H  5  026  076 

256  519 

182  103 

71.0 

272  587 

19  651 

30.4 

27.6 

7.2 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  ft  Northwestern 

1  072  757 

61  703 

40  456 

65.6 

62  243 

6  148 

24.2 

26.5 

7.5 

Chgo. St. Paul, Minn,  a  Omaha 

172  916 

10  016 

7  197 

71.9 

12  893 

1  142 

25.1 

24.0 

8.9 

Chicago  Great  Western 

156  546 

9  150 

6  283 

68.7 

11  423 

2  057 

25.8 

24.9 

18.0 

Chicago, Milwaukee  ft  St.  Paul 

1  174  690 

71  997 

47  270 

65.7 

70  563 

5  700 

32.9 

24.9 

8.1 

Duluth  &  Iron  Range 

121  555 

4  659 

2  578 

55.3 

6  585 

214 

22.8 

47.2 

3.2 

'  Duluth,  Missabe  A  Northern 

224  997 

8  388 

4  890 

58.3 

9  308 

86 

29.1 

46.0 

0.9 

Duluth, South  Shore  ft  Atlantic 

36  683 

2  108 

1  464 

69.4 

3  264 

206 

20.8 

25.1 

6.3 

Duluth,  Winnipeg  ft  Pacific 

17  342 

918 

669 

72.9 

2  339 

135 

12.7 

25.9 

5.3 

Elgin,  Joliet  ft  Eastern 

199  617 

7  294 

5  335 

73.1 

15  769 

1  175 

14.9 

37.4 

7.5 

Great  Northern 

883  112 

49  311 

29  551 

59.9 

50  787 

4  302 

31.3 

29.9 

8.5 

Lake  Superior  ft  Ish peasing 

8  857 

329 

165 

50.2 

934 

26 

11.4 

53.7 

2.8 

Mineral  Range 

1  843 

95 

54 

56.8 

805 

17 

3.8 

34.1 

2.1 

Minneapolis  ft  St.  Louis 

123  602 

5  983 

4  526 

75.6 

7  974 

644 

24.2 

27.3 

8.1 

Minn. ,St. Paul  ft  S.  S.  Marie 

302  480 

18  802 

13  179 

70.1 

20  851 

1  802 

29.1 

23.0 

8.6 

Northern  Pacific 

769  756 

46  345 

28  774 

62.1 

41  544 

3  628 

36,0 

26.8 

8.7 

Oregon -Washington  RR  ft  Nav.  Cc 

.  183  231 

8  536 

6  542 

76.6 

7  156 

249 

38.5 

28.0 

3.5 

Snokane.  Portland  ft  Seattle 

45  192 

2  207 

1  776 

80.5 

2  006 

100 

35.5 

25.4 

5.0 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  495  176 

307  841 

200  709 

65.2 

346  444 

27  631 

26.7 

27.4 

8.0 

^"ceH’traL  WBsWkW  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

11  140 

5C7 

315 

62,1 

710 

17 

23.0 

35.4 

2.4 

Atchison,  Topska  ft  Santa  Fe 

1  198  706 

79  655 

54  212 

68.1 

61  713 

5  166 

41.6 

22.1 

8.4 

Bingham  4  Garfield 

10  645 

312 

159 

51.0 

860 

34 

11.7 

66.9 

4.0 

Chicago  ft  Alton 

209  811 

11  732 

8  064 

68,7 

17  438 

466 

21.6 

26  aO 

2.7 

Chicago  ft  Eastern  Illinois 

252  081 

11  770 

7  985 

67.8 

16  818 

2  049 

22.6 

31.6 

12.2 

Chicago,  Burlington  ft  Quincy 

1  450  582 

73  221 

49  883 

68.1 

68  918 

5  116 

34.3 

29,1 

7.4 

Chicago,  Peoria  4  St.  Louis 

26  157 

1  074 

853 

79.4 

1  335 

81 

18.9 

30.7 

4.4 

Chgo., R. I.  4  Pac. (Ino.CRI4G) 

£16  840! 

43  265 

32  461 

75,0 

46  190 

4  363 

30.2 

25.2 

9.4 

Chicago,  Terre  Haute  4  S.  K. 

42  466 

Z  224 

994 

44.7 

4  678 

348 

15,3 

42.7 

7.4 

Colorado  ft  Southern 

84  168 

3  777 

2  549 

67.5 

5  898 

549 

20.7 

33.0 

9.3 

Denver  ft  Rio  Grande 

190  549 

9  -296 

6  472 

69.6 

14  418 

971 

20.8 

29.4 

6.7 

Denver  ft  Salt  Lake 

18  227 

871 

465 

S3. 4 

1  015 

143 

27.7 

39.2 

14.1 

El  Paso  4  Southwestern 

89  388 

4  251 

2  833 

66.6 

3  620 

209 

37.9 

31.6 

5.8 

Fcrt  Worth  4  Denver  City 

56  450 

3  066 

2  061 

67.2 

3  473 

333 

28.5 

27.4 

9.5 

Los  Angeles  ft  Salt  Lake 

83  147 

4  769 

3  406 

71.4 

3  198 

248 

4e.l 

24.4 

7,8 

Nevada . N  orthern 

10  109 

370 

194 

52.4 

486 

IS 

24.6 

52.1 

3.3 

Northwestern  Pacific 

13  920 

1  026 

697 

67.9 

1  661 

75 

19.9 

20.0 

4.5 

Oregon  Short  Line 

321  029 

17  211 

11  142 

64.7 

10  619 

362 

52.3 

28.6 

3.4 

Quincy,  Omaha  ft  Kansas  City 

7  006 

363 

246 

67.8 

342 

3 

34.2 

28.5 

0.9 

Southern  Pacific  (Pacific  Sys.)  971  923 

52  637 

38  657 

73.4 

46  352 

2  323 

36.6 

25.1 

5.0 

St.  Joseph  4  Grand  Island 

23  096 

1  404 

958 

68.2 

796 

135 

56.3 

24.1 

17.0 

Toledo,  Peoria  4  Western 

7  616 

404 

273 

67.6 

762 

82 

17.1 

27.9 

10. 8 

Union  Pacific 

998  437 

63  079 

43  375 

68.8 

23  466 

1  356 

86.7 

23.0 

5.8 

Utah 

13  599 

545 

270 

49.5 

718 

12 

24.5 

50.4 

1.7 

Western  Pacific 

165  394 

8  529 

5  740 

67.3 

3  825 

195 

71.9 

28.8 

5.1 

TOTAL-CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

7  072  486 

395  358 

274  264 

69.4 

339  869 

24  552 

37.5 

25.8 

7.3 

AUGUST  1920 

Net 

Frt.  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 
on  line  daily 

Efficiency  Ratios 

ton -miles 

Per  cent 

Unser- 

Car -miles 

Tons 

Per  cent  of 

Rood 

(thousands) 

Total 

Loaded 

loaded 

Total 

vice  able 

per  day 

per  car 

unservice- 

to  total 

able  cars 

1 

2 

3 

4e  3  -5-  2 

5 

6 

7  *  2  *  5 
31 

8*1  4-  3 

9  k  6  4-  5 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Fort  Worth  &  Rio  Grand® 

3  261 

281 

203 

72.2 

1  014 

53 

8.9 

16.1 

5.2 

Gulf  Coast  Lines 

62  971 

3  312 

2  514 

75.9 

4  566 

327 

23.4 

25.0 

7.2 

Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fj 

170  174 

8  638 

6  239 

72.2 

11  190 

711 

24.9 

27.3 

6.4 

International  A  Groat  Northern 

84  814 

4  486 

3  230 

72.0 

4  698 

295 

30.8 

26.3 

6.3 

Kansas  City,  Mexico  &  Orient 

9  841 

596 

425 

71.3 

693 

178 

27.7 

23.2 

25.7 

Kansas  City.Mex.A  Orient  of  Te: 

t. •  15  036 

832 

613 

73.7 

957 

118 

28.0 

24.5 

12.3 

Kansas  City  Sou. (incl.T&FS) 

178  982 

8  198 

6  285 

76.7 

6  378 

343 

41.5 

26.5 

5.4 

Kansas,  Oklahoma  A  Gulf 

18  694 

945 

57  2 

60.5 

1  406 

214 

21.7 

32.7 

15.2 

Louisiana  &  Arkansas 

19  226 

1  047 

652 

62.3 

1  232 

40 

27.4 

29.5 

3.2 

Louisiana  Ry.  &  Nav.  Co. 

26  583 

1  214 

861 

70.9 

2  010 

104 

19.5 

30.9 

5.2 

Midland  Valley 

24  156 

1  536 

830 

54.0 

2  290 

58 

21.6 

29.1 

2.5 

Missouri  &  North  Arkansas 

6  608 

384 

312 

81.3 

621 

70 

19.9 

27.6 

11.3 

Missouri,  Kansas  £  Texas 

224  742 

14  388 

9  135 

63.5 

14  725 

1  122 

31.5 

24.6 

7.6 

Missouri, Kar.s.  &  Tex.  of  Tex. 

132  876 

7  579 

5  020 

66.2 

12  511 

541 

19.5 

26.5 

4.3 

Missouri  Pacific 

809  791 

39  371 

29  621 

75.2 

52  773 

2  605 

24.1 

27.3 

4.9 

St.  Louis  -  Sar*  Francisco 

453  e45 

25  345 

17  473 

68.9 

36  248 

1  845 

22.6 

26.0 

5.1 

St.  Lcuia,San  Francisco  £  Tex. 

8  250 

494 

335 

67.6 

570 

30 

28.0 

24.6 

5.3 

St.  Louis  Southwestern 

147  267 

8  258 

6  128 

74.2 

7  146 

293 

37.3 

24.0 

4.1 

St.  Louis  Southwestern  of  Tex. 

41  781 

2  751 

1  908 

69.4 

3  274 

224 

27.1 

21.9 

6.8 

San  Antonio  i  Aransas  Pass 

19  535 

1  389 

1  049 

75.5 

1  692 

126 

26.5 

18.6 

7.4 

Sunset  Lines (Incl.HATC  A  HE4WT 

390  841 

19  374 

14  299 

73.8 

22  151 

1  175 

28.2 

27.3 

5.2 

Texas  &  Pacific 

184  483 

10  629 

7  617 

71.7 

13  265 

1  660 

25.8 

24.2 

12.5 

Trinity  4  Brazos  Valley 

12  300 

532 

417 

78.4 

771 

209 

22.3 

29.5 

27.1 

Vicksburg, Shreveport  &  Pacific 

16  144 

937 

636 

67.9 

1  107 

78 

27.3 

25.4 

7.0 

Wichita  Falls  A  Northwestern 

5  266 

349 

200 

57.3 

1  129 

11 

10.0 

26.3 

9.7 

Wichita  Valiev 

3  445 

232 

154 

66.4 

430 

3 

17.4 

22.4 

0.7 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

3  072  912 

163  097 

116  728 

71.6 

204  847 

12  433  | 

25.7 

26.3 

6.0 

a  Data  not  available. 


MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  August  1920 


Month 

Car -mile s  per  day 

Tons 

(Revenue  and 

per  car 
Non-Revenue) 

of 

Percentage 

unserviceable 

cars 

Per  cent 
loaded  to  total 
car -mile  b 

|  1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

j  1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.3 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.6 

70.1 

70.0 

66.2 

70,9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28.2 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

March 

25. C 

24.9 

20.4 

23.8 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

■28.3 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7.0 

70.8 

71.4 

68.1 

72.3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

19.4 

25.6 

29.4 

27,3 

28.6 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

6.5 

71.6 

68.0 

68.1 

68.3 

Way 

29.0 

2,8 

22.8 

24.2 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

28.3 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

6.6 

70.1 

66.8 

67.4 

71.2 

June 

28. 4 

26.8 

23.0 

25.0 

27,8 

28.3 

27.5 

29.0 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

7.0 

63.7 

66.6 

67.9 

69.5 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

26.1 

27.1 

30.1 

27.6 

29.6 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

7.2 

67.9 

64.7 

68.0 

67.8 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

27.4 

27.9 

30,1 

28.0 

29.8 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

7.1 

68.7 

67.6 

70.4 

68.2 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

- 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

- 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

- 

70.0 

66.9 

69.6 

- 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

- 

27.7 

29.7 

28.0 

- 

5.6 

6.0 

7.4 

- 

71.5 

67.9 

66*4 

- 

November 

26.2 

24.6 

23.3 

- 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

- 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

- 

71.0 

67.1 

71.3 

.  r 

December 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27  .7 

5.2 

5.8 

6.2 

- 

70.9 

65.9 

71.1 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

1 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

— .  ~  i 

5.6 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

70.2 

67.7 

68.7 

-  i 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

September  1920 


The  accompanying  statistics  of  freight  car  performance 
for  the  month  of  September,  1920,  are  compiled  from  the  reports 
of  railways  of  Glass  I  to  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating  reven¬ 
ues  above  $>1,000,000.  Their  operated  mileage  approximates 
90  per  cent  of  the  total  standard  guage  steam  railway  mileage 
of  the  United  States,  and  their  owned  freight  cars  96  per  cent 
of  all  standard  guage  railway-owned  freight  cars.  The  oper¬ 
ations  included  in  this  statement  for  September  cover  231,583  . 

miles  of  line. 

Net  ton-miles  include  revenue  and  non-revenue  freight 
throughout.  Freight  car-miles  include  all  mileage  made  by 
freight  cars  in  freight,  mixed,  special,  and  other  trains. 
Unserviceable  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  awaiting  shop,  in¬ 
cluding  all  "bad  order"  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  September  were 
as  follows: 


Per  cent  of  loaded  car-miles .  67.0 

Car-miles  per  day .  28.1 

Tons  per  loaded  car .  30.0 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  cars .  7.2 


The  daily  car-mileage  in  September  was  the  greatest  since 
the  month  of  July,  1917.  Tons  per  car  were  the  greatest  of  any 
month  since  August,  1918. 


CONSECUTIVE  NO.  166 
O.  S.  SER.  A  NO.  9 


SEPTEMBER  1920 

Frt.  car- 

miles  (thousands) 

Fre ight 

cars 

Efficiency  Ratios 

ton-miles 

Per  cent 

Per  cent  of 

Road 

(thousands) 

Total 

Loaded 

leaded 

Total 

Unser- 

oar-miles 

Ton6 

unservice- 

to  total 

viceable 

per  day 

per  car 

able  cars 

1 

2 

3 

4=  3  -5-  2 

5 

6 

7  =  ^  ^ 

7  30 

8=1  =■  3 

9  =.6-5-5 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  Ob 9  206 

59  277 

42  014 

70.9 

108  825 

9  854 

18.2 

25.2 

9.1 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

7  108  314 

364  662 

24  2  6  91 

66.6 

459  171 

37  036 

26.5 

29.3 

8.1 

OHIO-INDI AN  A- ALLEGHENY  REG. 

9  975  181 

414  121 

274  840 

66.4 

600  784 

34  4  90 

23.0 

36.3 

5.7 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  465  622 

96  494 

57  719 

59.8 

86  717 

7  544 

37.1 

42.7 

8.7 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  795  935 

251  130 

171  166 

68.2 

269  495 

20  683 

31.1 

28.0 

7.7 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  812  650 

302  822 

202  484 

66.9 

342  894 

27  288 

29.4 

28.7 

8.0 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  907  3  78 

391  910 

266  028 

67.9 

339  392 

25  187 

38.5 

26.0 

7.4 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  875  507 

160  829 

109  907 

210  169 

11  147 

25^5. 

26.2 

5.3 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

40  999  843 

2  04  1  245 

1366  649 

67.0 

2  417  447 

173  225 

28.1 

-30.CL| 

7.2 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

Atlantic  A  St.  Laurence 

14  737 

845 

556 

65.6 

1  624 

182 

17.3 

26.5 

11.2 

Bangor  A  Aroostook 

19  756 

1  813 

1  023 

56.4 

2  913 

252 

20.7 

19.3 

8.7 

Boston  4  Albany 

132  723 

7  732 

5  269 

68.1 

8  616 

367 

29.9 

25.2 

4.3 

Boston  &  Maine 

371  84  9 

20  262 

14  428 

71.2 

35  568 

3  383 

19.0 

25.8 

9.5 

Canadian  Pac. (Lines  In  Me.) 

15  24  6 

767 

602 

78,5 

536 

6 

47.7 

25.3 

1.1 

Central  New  England 

59  735 

2  779 

1  760 

63.3 

2  329 

390 

39.8 

33.9 

16.7 

Central  Vermont 

33  910 

2  155 

1  601 

74.3 

2  623 

143 

27.4 

21.2 

5.5 

Maine  Central 

81  427 

5  270 

3  543 

67.2 

9  288 

962 

18.9 

23.0 

10.4 

New  York  .New  Haven  4  Hart. 

301  582 

16  307 

12  155 

74.5 

43  229 

4  055 

12.6 

24.8 

9.4 

Rutland 

28  241 

1  347 

1  077 

80^0 

2  099 

114 

21.4 

26.2 

5.4 

TOTAL  -  HEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  1  059  2061 

59  277 

42  014 

-  70.9 

108  825 

9  854 

18.2  J 

25.2 

9.1 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

Ann  Arbor 

41  512 

1  791 

1  441 

80.5 

2  241 

252 

26.6 

28,8 

11.2 

Buffalo  .Rochester  &  Pitts. 

237  145 

9  663 

5  729 

59.3 

13  250 

967 

24.3 

41.4 

7.2 

Chi.,Pet.A  Can.Grd.Trk. Jet. 

11  S52 

489 

375 

76.7 

2  328 

294 

7.0 

31.9 

12.6 

Delaware  4  Hudson 

392  055 

16  165 

10  859 

67.2 

18  651 

1  168 

28.9 

36.1 

6.3 

Delaware,  Lackawanna  4  West. 

4  89  305 

24  583 

17  252 

70.2 

25  620 

1  291 

32.0 

28.4 

5.0 

Detroit  4  Maokinao 

5  231 

589 

401 

68.1 

1  250 

156 

15.7 

23.1 

12.5 

Detroit  4  Toledo  Shore  Lin® 

18  646 

798 

526 

65.9 

1  139 

110 

23.4 

35.4 

9.7 

Detroit ,  Or  and  Haven  *  Mil. 

23  716 

1  302 

979 

75.2 

2  910 

368 

14.9 

24.2 

12.6 

Erie  ( Incl. Chicago  4  Erie) 

1  028  636 

56  872 

36  521 

64.2 

57  410 

3  902 

33.0 

28.2 

6.8 

Grand  Trunk  Western 

118  769 

7  771 

4  980 

64,1 

5  821 

737 

44.5 

23.8 

12.7 

Lehigh  4  Hudson  River 

47  629 

1  850 

1  214 

65.6 

927 

91 

66.5 

39.2 

9.8 

Lehigh  4  New  England 

16  237 

732 

372 

50.8  * 

3  207 

142 

7.6 

43.6 

4.4 

Lehigh  Valley 

533  551 

25  422 

17  014 

66.9 

36  637 

3  443 

23.1 

31.4 

9.4 

Michigan  Central 

455  706 

25  656 

18  198 

70.9 

31  630 

2  371 

27.0 

25.0 

7,5 

Morfongaheia 

26  827 

1  110 

599 

54.0 

1  554 

34 

23.8 

44.8 

2.2 

New  Jersey  4  New  York 

328 

22 

13 

59.1 

113 

- 

6.5 

25.2 

- 

New  York  Central 

2  253  458 

123  219 

77  057 

62.5 

156  167 

11  628 

26,3 

29.2 

7.4 

Near  York  .Chicago  4  St, Louis 

2  9  6  942 

16  050 

12  033 

75.0 

11  053 

915 

48.4 

24.7 

8.3 

New  York  .Ontario  4  Weetern 

54  999 

2  507 

1  659 

66.2 

4  554 

845 

18.4 

33.2 

18.6 

New  York  .Susquehanna  4  West. 

8  269 

373 

265 

71.0 

2  304 

66 

5.4 

31.2 

2.9 

Pere  Marquette 

254  4  3  7 

12  426 

9  285 

74.7 

23  108 

1  534 

17.9 

27.4 

6.6 

Pittsburg  4  Lake  Erie 

272  630 

9  504 

6  474 

68.1 

25  305 

3  172 

12.5 

42.1 

12.5 

Pittsburg  4  Shawmut 

12  922 

514 

267 

51.9 

887 

42 

19.3 

48.4 

4.7 

Pittsburg  4  West  Virginia 

10  280 

459 

269 

58.6 

940 

102 

16.3 

38.2 

10,9 

Pittsburg  .Shawmut  4  North  arn 

15  161 

701 

394 

56.2 

2  023 

1  251 

11.6 

3  8.  .5 

61.8 

Ulster  4  Delaware 

3  727 

136 

109 

58.6 

314 

7 

19.7 

34.2 

2.2 

Wabash 

474  144 

23  908 

18  406 

77.0 

27  828 

2  158 

28.6 

25.8 

7.8 

TOTAL  -  GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

7  108  314 

364  662 

24  2  6  51 

66.6 

459  171 

37  036 

26.5 

29.3 

8.1 

OHIO- IKDI ANA" ALLGHENY  REGION 

Atlantic  City 

4  589 

235 

171 

72.8 

279 

10 

28.1 

26.8 

3.6 

Baltimore  4  Ohio  (East  4  West; 

2  050  84  8 

85  045 

55  924 

65.8 

110  579 

7  234 

25.6 

36.7 

6.5 

Bessemer  4  Lake  Erie 

272  640 

6  878 

5  336 

77.6 

10  524 

798 

21.8 

51.1 

7.6 

Buffalo  4  Susquehanna  RR  Corp. 

27  457 

1  094 

600 

54.8 

1  413 

195 

25.8 

45.8 

13.8 

Central  of  New  Jersey 

224  564 

10  440 

6  784 

65.0 

24  527 

3  199 

!  14 .2 

33.1 

13.0 

Chicago .Indian. &  Louisville 

111  967 

5  089 

3  567 

70.1 

6  319 

570 

26.8 

31.4 

9.0 

Cincinnati  .Indian. 4  Western 

34  764 

1  476 

1  190 

80.6 

1  797 

286 

27.4 

29.2 

15.9 

Cincinnati  Northern 

3  9  810 

1  801 

1  202 

66.7 

1  637 

93 

36.7 

33.1 

5.7 

Cleve. ,Cin. , Chicago  4  St.L. 

634  010 

33  432 

21  287 

63.7 

35  899 

2  618 

31.0 

29.8 

7.3 

Detroit  .Toledo  4  Ironton 

54  199 

1  993 

1  288 

64.6 

3  458 

803 

19.2 

42.1 

23.2 

Hocking  Valley 

194  770 

7  165 

4  223 

53.9 

12  339 

2  525 

19.4 

46.1 

20.5 

Kanawha  4  Michigan 

43  511 

1  936 

1  110 

57.3 

3  117 

333 

20.7 

39.2 

10.7 

Lake  Erie  4  Western 

90  268 

4  026 

3  447 

85.6 

6  298 

477 

1  21.3 

26.2 

7.6 

Long  Island 

10  390 

790 

507 

64.2, 

5  440 

200 

4.8 

20.5 

3.7 

Pennsylvania  Lines 

4  879  503 

200  362 

134  397 

67.3 

296  002 

9  819 

22.6 

36.2 

3.3 

Perkiomen 

7  109 

282 

231 

81.9 

177 

- 

53.1 

30.8 

Philadelphia  4  Reading 

598  308 

24  837 

15  791 

63.6 

39  725 

2  052 

20.8 

37.9 

5.2 

Port  Reading 

2  961 

14  3 

66 

46.2 

1  598 

33 

3.0 

44.9 

2.1 

Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit 

a 

93 

64 

68.8 

3  400 

33 

0.9 

- 

1.0 

Toledo  &  Ohio  Central 

170  501 

6  602 

3  785 

57.3 

9  310 

693 

23.6 

45.0 

7.4 

Toledo  , St, Louis  4  Western 

118  022 

6  268 

4  252 

67.8 

3  826 

160 

54.6 

27.8 

4.2 

Waster n  Maryland 

24  3  9  05 

I  9  385 

5  533 

59,0 

11  414 

712 

27.4 

44.1 

6.2 

Wheeling  ft  Lake  Erie 

161  035 

4  749 

3  535 

75.5 

11  706 

1  647 

13.5 

44.9 

14.1 

TOTAL-OHIO- INDI ANA-ALLESH  .REG. 

9  975  181 

1  414  121 

274  340 

66.4 

600  784 

34  490 

23.0 

36.3 

5.7 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

- — — - 

Chesapeake  4  Ohio 

1  120  443 

45  589 

26  960 

59.1 

40  814 

4  306 

1  37.2 

41.6 

10.6 

Norfolk  4  We  stern 

1  038  750 

39  226 

34  2  94 

61.9 

37  486 

2  571 

34.9 

42.8 

6.9 

Rich.  .Fredericksburg  4  Potomac 

30  184 

1  620 

1  298 

80.1 

1  569 

301 

34.4 

23.3 

19.2 

Virginian 

1  276  240 

10  059 

5  167 

51.4 

6  848 

366 

4S.0 

53.5 

5,3 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

l!  2  465  622 

96  494 

57  719 

59.8 

86  717 

7  544 

37.1 

42.7 

8.7 

SEPTEMBER  1920 

Frt.  car- 

nlles  (th 

iusands) 

Freight 
on  line 

care 

daily 

Efficiency  Ratios 

Road 

ton-miles 

[thousands) 

1 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Car-miles 
per  day 
-  r  2  4-  5 

Tons 
per  car 

8=1  -4  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  6  +  5 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4=  3  4-  2 

Total 

S 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

7  30 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

Alabama  ft  Vicksburg 

15  660 

917 

626 

68.3 

1  114 

141 

27.4 

25.0 

12.7 

Alabama  Great  Southern 

83  770 

4  088 

3  213 

78.6 

3  265 

224 

41.7 

26.1 

6.9 

Atlanta  ft  We3t  Point 

7  921 

417 

350 

83.9  I 

490 

63 

28.4 

22.6 

12.9 

Atlanta  .Birmingham  ft  Atlantic 

50  620 

2  197 

1  543 

70.2 

2  153 

214 

34.0 

32.8 

9.9 

Atlantic  Coast  Line 

284  943 

17  205 

12  327 

71.6 

25  062 

2  736 

22.9 

23.1 

10.9 

Carolina  .Clinch  field  ft  Ohio 

82  537 

3  284 

1  951 

59.4 

3  960 

440 

27.6 

42.3 

n.i 

Central  of  Gecrgia 

129  068 

6  835 

4  996 

73.1 

8  520 

360 

26.7 

25.8 

4,2 

Charleston  ft  Western  Caroline 

17  159 

827 

590 

71.3 

1  536 

100 

17.9 

29.1 

6.5 

Cin. .New  Orleans  ft  Tax.  Pac. 

136  235 

7  <381 

5  705 

80.6 

7  871 

4  98 

30.0 

23.9 

6.3 

Florida  East  Coast 

53  269 

3  870 

2  508 

64.8 

3  205 

98 

40.2 

21.2 

3.1 

Georgia 

32  224 

1  743 

1  318 

75.6 

2  267 

369 

25.6 

24.4 

16.3 

Georgia  Southern  4  Florida 

28  738 

1  452 

1  070 

73.7 

2  179 

257 

22.2 

26.9 

11.8 

Gulf  ft  Ship  Island 

3  819 

514 

369 

71.8 

1  233 

40 

13.9 

23.9 

3.2 

Gulf,  Mobile  ft  Northern 

24  610 

1  142 

891 

78.0 

1  676 

91 

22,7 

27.6 

5.4 

Illinois  Central  (incl.YiMV) 

1  515  198 

75  607 

49  342 

65.3 

57  562 

2  953 

43.8 

30.7 

5.1 

Louisville  ft  Nashville 

886  425 

42  345 

27  758 

65.6 

47  206 

5  275 

29.9 

31.9 

11.2 

Louisville  .Henderson  ft  St.L. 

17  182 

733 

607 

82.8 

465 

22 

52.5 

28.3 

4.7 

Mississippi  Central 

2  937 

193 

127 

65.6 

4  62 

31 

13.9 

23.1 

6.7 

Mobile  4  Ohio 

183  301 

8  416 

5  986 

71.1 

7  756 

1  356 

36.2 

30.6 

17.5 

Nashville ,Chatta.ft  St. Louis 

126  689 

6  958 

5  122 

73.6 

7  384 

575 

31.4 

24.7 

7.8 

New  Orleans  ft  Northeastern 

48  781 

2  251 

1  856 

82.5 

3  062 

332 

24.5 

26.3 

10.8 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

10  123 

546 

366 

67.0 

1  139 

2 

16.0 

27.7 

0.2 

Norfolk  Southern 

24  872 

1  472 

1  172 

79.6 

3  101 

367 

15.8 

21.2 

11.8 

Northern  Alabama 

7  360 

290 

186 

64.1 

761 

- 

12.7 

39.6 

- 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

226  293 

12  424 

9  230 

74.3 

17  318 

1  751 

23.9 

24.5 

10.1 

Souther  n 

764  814 

46  903 

30  397 

65.9 

55  909 

2  191 

28.0 

24.8 

3.9 

Southern  in  Mississippi 

5  097 

288 

206 

71.5 

607 

55 

15.8 

24.7 

9.1 

Tennessee  Central 

U  425 

585 

445 

76.1 

1  599 

62 

12.2 

25.7 

3.9 

We  star  n  of  Alabama 

9  915 

542 

409 

75.5 

633 

80 

28,5 

24.2 

12.6 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  795  985 

251  130 

171  166 

68.2 

269  495 

20  683 

31.1 

28.0 

7.7 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

. 

Chicago  ft  Northwestern 

1  220  583 

63  560 

41  961 

66.0 

81  566 

6  466 

26.0 

29.1 

7.9 

Chicago .St.Paul, Minn. ft  Omaha 

162  392 

8  658 

6  758 

78.1 

12  529 

1  331 

23.0 

24.0 

10.6 

Chicago  Great  Western 

159  623 

8  259 

6  145 

74.4 

10  651 

1  290 

25.8 

26,0 

12.1 

Chicago  .Milwaukee  ft  St  .Paul 

1  201  832 

69  358 

46  863 

67.6 

65  619 

4  853 

35.2 

25.6 

7.4 

Duluth  ft  Iron  Range 

126  766 

5  033 

2  595 

51.6 

6  659 

227 

2  5.2 

4  8.8 

3.4 

Duluth , Mis  sabe  ft  Northern 

218  199 

8  480 

4  396 

51.8 

9  322 

83 

30.3 

49.6 

0.9 

Duluth  .South  Shore  ft  Atlantic 

39  869 

1  607 

1  189 

74.0 

3  337 

188 

16.1 

33.5 

5.6 

Duluth  .Winnipeg  4  Pacific  . 

11  469 

723 

530 

73.3 

2  112 

193 

11.4 

21.6 

9.1 

Elgin,  Joliet  4  Eastern 

196  417 

7  020 

4  923 

70.1 

14  122 

1  088 

16.6 

39.9 

7.7 

Great  Northern 

989  364 

51  667 

32  070 

62.1 

54  755 

4  589 

31.5 

30.9 

8.4 

Lake  Superior  ft  Ishpeming 

6  940 

279 

137 

49.1 

903 

15 

10.3 

50.7 

1.7 

Mineral  Range 

1  384 

90 

51 

56.7 

739 

16 

4.1 

36.9 

2.2 

Minneapolis  ft  St. Louis 

137  330 

6  236 

4  770 

76.5 

7  828 

763 

26.6 

28.8 

9.7 

Minn. , St, Paul  ft  S.  S.  Marie 

331  038 

18  694 

13  107 

70.1 

21  527 

1  887 

28.9 

25.3 

8.8 

Northern  pacific 

793  276 

42  389 

29  130 

68.7 

40  875 

3  825 

34.6 

27.2 

9.4 

Oregon-Waehington  RR  4  Nav.Cc 

.  170  889 

8  454 

6  ns 

72.3 

7  838 

387 

36.0 

27.9 

4.9 

Spokane,  Portland  4  Seattle 

44  779 

2  315 

1  744 

75.3 

2  512 

87 

30,7 

25.7 

3.5 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  812^50“ 

302  822 

2Q2 484 

66.9 

342  894 

27  288 

25.4 

28.7 

8.0 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

10  831 

528 

313 

59.3 

767 

16 

22.9 

34.6 

2.1 

Atchison  .Topeka  ft  Santa  Fe 

1  062  582 

70  021 

47  031 

67.2 

62  592 

5  447 

37.3 

22.6 

8.7 

Bingham  ft  Garfield 

745 

23 

14 

60.9 

245 

7 

3.1 

53.2 

2.9 

Chicago  ft  Alton 

201  503 

n  355 

7  593 

66.9 

16  558 

500 

22.9 

26.5 

3.0 

Chicago  ft  Eastern  Illinois 

24  9  152 

U  407 

7  633 

66.9 

14  614 

2  122 

26.0 

32.6 

14.5 

Chicago  .Burlington  ft  Quincy 

1  423  132 

76  304 

49  017 

64.2 

6  9  533 

5  616 

36.6 

29.0 

8.1 

Chicago,  Peoria  ft  St.  Louie 

23  289 

934 

758 

81.2 

1  633 

81 

15.0 

30.7 

4.9 

Chi., R. 1. 4  Pac.(lncl.CRIftG) 

751  860 

41  451 

29  766 

71.8 

4  3  305 

3  773 

31.5 

25.3 

8.6 

Chicago,  Terre  Haute  ft  S.E. 

63  030 

2  879 

1  437 

49.9 

5  096 

491 

18.8 

43.9 

9.6 

Colorado  4  Southern 

87  076 

4  133 

2  676 

64.8 

5  825 

623 

23.7 

32.5 

10,7 

Denver  4  Rio  Grande 

,  210  568 

U  467 

7  670 

66.9 

15  842 

1  025 

24.1 

27.5 

6.5 

Denver  4  Salt  Lake 

15  678 

895 

482 

53.9 

1  285 

143 

23.2 

34.6 

11.1 

El  Paso  ft  Southwestern 

92  401 

4  595 

2  968 

64.6 

3  774 

210 

40,6 

31.1 

5.6 

Fort  Worth  ft  Denver  City 

61  354 

3  633 

2  250 

61.9 

3  773 

358 

32.1 

27.3 

9.5 

Loe  Angeles  ft  Salt  Lake 

77  744 

4  499 

3  257 

72.4 

3  447 

266 

43.5 

23.9 

7.7 

Nevada  Northern 

3  269 

156 

89 

57.1 

237 

2 

21.9 

36.7 

0.8 

Northwest ern  Pacific 

14  412 

1  037 

698 

67.3 

1  616 

78 

21.4 

20.6 

4  .8 

Oregon  Short  Line 

305  631 

16  650 

10  85  9 

65.2 

U  443 

481 

48.5 

28.1 

4.2 

Quincy,  Omaha  ft  Kansas  City 

7  ns 

379 

241 

63.6 

•369 

3 

34,2 

29.5 

0.8 

Southern  Pac. Lines  (Pac.Sys.) 

972  559 

52  777 

38  945 

73.8 

45  764 

2  042 

38.4 

25.0 

4.5 

St. Joseph  4  Grand  Island 

23  146 

1  363 

95  9 

70.4 

759 

138 

59.9 

24.1 

18,2 

Toledo,  Peoria  ft  Western 

7  382 

381 

247 

64.8 

786 

114 

16.2 

29.9 

14.5 

Union  Pacific 

1  069  683 

65  666 

45  128 

68.7 

24  781 

1  370 

88.3 

23.7 

5.5 

Utah 

14  492 

606 

296 

43,8 

835 

10 

24.2 

49.0 

1.2 

Western  Pacific 

157  770 

8  771 

5  699 

65,0 

4  008 

271 

72.9 

27.7 

6.3 

TOTAL-CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGIOt 

6  907  378 

391  910 

266  028 

67.9 

339  392 

25  187 

38.5 

26.0 

SEPTEMBER  1920 

Frt.  ear-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  ears 

Efficiency  Ratios 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 

Par  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

Road 

ton-miles 
[ thousands) 

Total 

Loaded 

Total 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

Car-miles 
per  day 

Tons 
per  oar 

2 

3 

4=  3  t  2 

5 

6 

-.2*5 

8=1  *  3 

9  =  6*5 

' 

7  "  30 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Fort  Worth  4  Rio  Grande 

3 

068 

286 

180 

65.7 

1  045 

55 

9.1 

16.3 

5.3 

Gull  Coast  Lines 

66 

030 

3  507 

2 

493 

71.1 

4  458 

318 

26.2 

26.5 

7.1 

Gulf,  Colorado  4  Santa  Fe 

177 

510 

9  311 

6 

516 

70.0 

11  735 

903 

26.4 

27.2 

7.7 

International  4  Gr eat  Northern  86 

880 

5  087 

3 

550 

69.8 

5  749 

303 

29.5 

24.5 

5.3 

Kansas  City  .Mexico  4  Orient 

10 

009 

640 

422 

65.9 

932 

13  5 

22.9 

23.7 

14.5 

Kan. City ,Mex.4  Orient  of  Tex. 

12 

299 

808 

563 

69.7 

1  185 

80 

22.7 

21.8 

6.7 

Kansas  City  Sou.(  Incl.TiFS) 

178 

085 

8  168 

6 

086 

74.5 

6  692 

339 

40.7 

29.3 

5.1 

Kansas ,  Oklahoma  4  Gulf 

13 

345 

964 

568 

58.9 

1  427 

210 

22.5 

32.3 

14.7 

Louisiana  4  Arkansas 

18 

575 

1  075 

642 

59.7 

1  450 

39 

24.7 

28.9 

2.7 

Louisiana  Ry.  4  Nav.  Co. 

22 

727 

1  134 

763 

67.3 

2  333 

113 

16.2 

29.8 

4.8 

Midland  Valley 

16 

799 

1  315 

690 

52.5 

2  568 

57 

17.1 

24.3 

2.2 

Missouri  4  North  Arkansas 

7 

684 

373 

285 

76.4 

697 

31 

17.8 

27.0 

4.4 

Missouri  ,  Kansas  4  Texas 

180 

069 

12  405 

7 

511 

60.5 

14  265 

1  029 

29.0 

24  .0 

7.2 

Missouri  , Kan. 4  Tex.  of  Tex. 

129 

117 

7  414 

4 

987 

67.3 

12  606 

419 

19.6 

25.9 

3.3 

Missouri  Pacific 

746 

953 

38  825 

27 

789 

71.6 

53  294 

2  454 

24.3 

?6.9 

4.6 

St.  Louis  -  San  Francisco 

411 

146 

24  606 

16 

080 

65.3 

35  562 

1  762 

23.1 

25.6 

5.0 

St. Louis, San  Francisco  4  Tex, 

8 

406 

465 

319 

68.6 

588 

31 

26.4 

26.4 

5.3 

St.  Louis  Southwestern 

136 

743 

8  019 

5 

575 

69.5 

7  941 

116 

33.7 

24.5 

1.5 

St. Louis  Southwestern  of  Tex 

36 

894 

2  430 

1 

611 

66.3 

3  653 

243 

22.2 

22.9 

6.7 

San  Antonio  4  Aransas  Pass 

22 

034 

1  449 

1 

134 

78.3 

1  704 

108 

28.3 

19.4 

6.3 

Sou. Pac. Lines  (Tex.  4  La.) 

365 

603 

19  360 

13 

255 

68.5 

22  594 

1  091 

28.6 

27.6 

4.8 

Texas  4  Pacific 

177 

468 

10  872 

7 

312 

67.3 

13  562 

1  054 

26.7 

24.3 

7.8 

Trihity  4  Brazos  Valley 

16 

682 

676 

538 

79.6 

815 

152 

27.6 

31.0 

18.7 

Vicksburg, Shreveport  4  Pacific  17 

705 

1  029 

675 

65.6 

1  423 

81 

24.1 

26.2 

5.7 

Wichita  Falls  4  Northwestern 

5 

554 

382 

205 

53.7 

1  4% 

21 

8.9 

27.1 

1.5 

Wichita  Valley 

3 

122 

229 

150 

65.5 

466 

3 

16.4 

20.8 

0.6 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION  2  875 

507 

160  829 

109 

907 

68.3 

210  169 

U  147 

25.5 

26.2 

5.3 

a  Data  not  available. 


MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  September  1920 


Month 

Car-miles  per  day 

Tons  per  car 

(Revenue  and  Non-Revenue) 

of 

Percentage 

unserviceable 

oars 

Per  cent 
loaded  to  total 
car-miles 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

Jamary 

25.2 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.6 

70.1 

70.0 

66.2 

70.9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28.3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

23.8 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

28.3 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7.0 

70.8 

71.4 

68.1 

72.3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

19.4 

25.6 

29.4 

27.3 

28.6 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

6.5 

71.6 

68.0 

68.1 

68.3 

Nay 

29.0 

26.4 

22.8 

24.2 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

28.3 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

6.6 

70.1 

66.8 

67.4 

71.2 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23.0 

25.0 

27.8- 

28.3 

27.5 

29.0 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

7.0 

68.7 

66.8 

67.9 

69.5 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

26.1 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

29.6 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

7.2 

67.9 

64.7 

68.0 

67.8 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

27.4 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

29.8 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

7.1 

68,7 

67.6 

70.4 

68.3 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

28.1 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

30.0 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

7.2 

70.0 

66.9 

69.6 

67.0 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

- 

27,7 

29.7 

28.0 

- 

5.6 

6.0 

7.4 

- 

71.5 

67.9 

68.4 

- 

November 

26.2 

24.6 

23.3 

- 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

- 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

- 

71.0 

67.1 

71.3 

- 

December 

21.3 

22.6 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27.7 

- 

5.2 

5.8 

6.2 

- 

70.9 

65.9 

71.1 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

■ 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8, 

- 

5.6 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

70.2 

67.7 

68.7 

- 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON.  D.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

October  1920 


The  accompanying  statistics  of  freight  car  performance 
for  the  month  of  October,  1920f  are  compiled  from  the  reports 
of  railways  of  Class  I  to  the  interstate  Commerce  Commission. 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating  reve¬ 
nues  above  $1,000,000.  Their  operated  mileage  approximates 
90  per  cent  of  the  total  standard  gauge  steam  railway  mileage 
of  the  United  States,  and  their  ov/ned  freight  cars  96  per  cent 
of  all  standard  gauge  railway-owned  freight  cars.  The  opera¬ 
tions  included  in  this  statement  for  October  cover  231,587 
miles  of  line. 

Net  ton-miles  include  revenue  and  non-revenue  freight 
throughout.  Freight  car-miles  include  all  mileage  made  by 
freight  cars  in  freight,  mixed,  special,  and  other  trains. 
Unserviceable  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  awaiting  shop,  in¬ 
cluding  all  "bad  order"  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  October  were  as 
follows: 


Per  cent  of  loaded  car-miles, . 66.0 

Car-miles  per  day . . . . . .  28,5 

Tons  per  loaded  car... . .  29.9 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  cars,,.,,,  7,3 


The 'daily  car-mileage  in  October,  28.5  miles,  has  only 
once  been  exceeded,  in  the  month  of  May,  1917. 


Consecutive  no.ios 

O.  S.  SER.  A  NO.  10 


OCTOBER  1920 

Frt.  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 

Efficiency  Fatios 

ton-miles 

(thousands) 

1 

on  line 

a  any 

Per  cent  oi 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9-6-5 

Hoad 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 

4=  3  a  2 

r 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

Car-miles 
per  day 

7  -  2  4-  5 

Tone 
per  car 

8=1  =  3 

31 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  139  504 

66  328 

45  039 

67.9 

115  457 

10  531 

18.5 

25.3 

9.1 

GREAT  LAKES  PEGIOII 

7  424  300 

381  984 

253  705 

66.4 

442  797 

37  065 

27.8 

29.3 

8.4 

OHIO-INDIANA-ALLEGHENY  FEG. 

10  352  673 

439  361 

285  436 

65.0 

598  658 

36  549 

23.7 

35.3 

6.1 

FOCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  617  919 

99  987 

60  105 

60.1 

86  688 

7  253 

36.4 

43.6 

8.2 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  910  724 

264  471 

175  757 

66.5 

275  £84 

21  814 

30.9 

27.9 

7.9 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  808  058 

312  518 

210  368 

67.3 

342  714 

26  948) 

29.4 

27.5 

7.9 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

7  240  2  96 

420  755 

274  859 

65.3 

354  353 

25  996 

38.3 

26.3 

7.3 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

3  069  211 

170  339 

115  924 

68.6 

220  461 

11  510 

24.9 

26.2 

5.2 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

42  562  685 

2  155  743 

1  422  193 

66.0.. _ 

2439  012 

177  566 

28.5 

29.9 

7.3 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 
Atlantic  &  St.  Lawrence 

15  312 

908 

574 

63.2 

1  653 

198 

17.7 

26.7 

12.0 

Bangor  4  Aroostook 

24  587 

1  945 

1  187 

61.0 

3  407 

306 

18.4 

20.7 

9.0 

Boston  4  Albany 

142  032 

8  495 

5  509 

66.0 

8  099 

402 

33.8 

25.3 

5.0 

Boston  4  Maine 

378  569 

22  233 

14  859 

66.8 

36  154 

3  52^ 

19.8 

25.5 

9.8 

Canadian  Fac. (Lines  in  Me.) 
Central  New  England 

15  837 
66  765 

753 

3  270 

638 
1  984 

34.7 

60.7 

653 

2  961 

4291 

37.2 

35.6 

24.3 

33.7 

1.2 

14.5 

Central  Vermont 

30  186 

2  273 

1  479 

65.1 

2  666 

190 

27.5 

20.4 

7.1 

Maine  Central 

98  224 

6  406 

4  072 

63.6 

10  528 

945 

19.6 

24.1 

9.0 

New  York  .New  Haven  4  Hart. 

341  113 

18  704 

13  567 

72.5 

47  267 

4  418 

12.8 

25.1 

9.3 

Rutland 

26  879 

1  340 

1  069 

79.8 

2  069 

106 

20.9 

25.1 

5.1 

TOTAL  -  NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

1  139  504 

66  328 

45  039 

57.9  ! 

115  457 

10  531 

18.5 

25.3 

9.1 

GREAT  LAXES  REGION 

Ann  Arbor 

39  678 

1  695 

1  389 

73.3  j 

2  487 

273 

24.5 

28.6 

11.0 

Buffalo  ..Rochester  4  Pitts, 

251  562 

9  669 

6  047 

62.5  1 

14  284 

941 

21.8 

41.6 

6.6 

Chi., Pet, £  Can  .Grd.Trk.Jet, 

10  549  i 

464 

337 

72.6 

2  150 

256 

6.9 

31,3 

12.3 

Delaware  4  Hudson 

404  633 

17  491 

11  281 

64.5  j 

17  969 

1  352 

31.4 

35.9 

7.5 

Delaware  .Lackawanna  4  West. 

532  516 

28  275 

18  534 

65.5 

23  903 

1  176 

38,2 

28.7 

4.9 

Detroit  4  Mackinac 

9  271 

575 

403 

70.2  ! 

1  224 

155 

15.1 

23.0 

12.7 

Detroit  4  Toledo  Shore  Line 

13  721 

617 

*  388 

62.9 

836 

125 

23.8 

35.4 

15.0 

Detroit , Grand  Haven  4  Mil. 

23  393 

1  355 

1  009 

74.5 

2  700 

333 

16.2 

23.2 

12.3 

Erie  (Incl  .Chicago  4  Erie) 

1  149  398 

61  051 

40  012 

65.5  ; 

55  353 

3  780 

35.6 

28.7 

6,8 

Grand  Trunk  Western 

121  579 

8  204 

5  214 

63.6 

5  398 

664 

45.0 

23.3 

12.3 

Lehigh  4  Hudson  River 

42  923 

1  630 

1  134 

69 .6 

341 

93 

62.5 

37.5 

11.1 

Lehigh  4  New  England 

24  406 

1  114 

514 

46.1 

3  513 

174 

10.2 

47.5 

5.0 

Lehigh  Valley 

661  048 

30  334 

20  142 

66.4 

33  670 

3  130 

29.1 

32.6 

9.3 

Michigan  Central 

432  613 

25  327 

18  066 

68.6 

27  337 

2  016 

31.1 

23.9 

7.4 

Konorg&heia 

31  985 

i  249 

652 

52,2 

1  728 

53 

23.3 

49.1 

3.1 

New  Jersey  4  New  York 

350 

23 

14 

61.2 

123 

- 

6.0 

25.0 

- 

New  York  Central 

2  279  571 

122  *58 

79  178 

64.5 

152  153 

12  577 

26.0 

28.8 

8.3 

New  York,Chicago  6  St. Louis 

254  685 

15  888 

11  008 

59,3 

11  073 

832 

46.3 

23.1 

7.5 

New  York  .Ontario  4  Western 

71  314 

3  117 

1  975 

63.4 

5  061 

340 

19.9 

36.1 

16.6 

New  York  .Susquehanna  4  West. 

8  541 

396 

271 

68.5 

2  018 

72 

6.3 

31.5 

3.6 

Fere  Marquette 

|  253  346 

13  106 

9  789 

74.7 

22  038 

1  713 

19.2 

25.9 

7.8 

Pittsburg  4  Lake  Erie 

1  236  075 

9  985 

6  819 

68.3 

2?  648 

3  010 

11 .7 

42.0 

10.9 

Pittsburg  4  Shawmut 

1  14  125 

541 

285 

52.7 

791 

47 

22.1 

49.6 

5.9 

Pittsburg  A  West  Virginia 

10  783 

438 

265 

60.6 

941 

103 

15.0 

40.7 

10.9 

Pittsburg  .Sbawmut  4  Northern 

16  709 

717 

395 

55.0 

2  351 

1  286 

9.8 

42.3 

54.7 

Ulster  &  Delaware 

6  001 

275 

156 

56.7 

316 

5 

28.1 

38.4 

1.6 

Wabash 

473  520 

24  4  91 

18  427 

75.2 

24  881 

2  049 

31.8 

25.7 

8.2 

7  424  300 

381  984 

253  705 

66.4 

442  75? 

37  065 

27.8 

29.3 

8.4 

OHIO- INDIANA- ALLEGHENY  RSGIO 
Atlantic  City 

N 

4  227 

211 

157 

”  74,4 

148 

7 

46.1 

26. S 

4.7 

Baltimore  4  Ohio  (East  4  West 

2  G87  334 

88  038 

57  281 

65.1 

109  535 

7  585 

25.9 

36.4 

6.9 

Bessemer  4  Lake  Erie 

251  089 

6  449 

5  055 

78.4 

9  364 

925 

22.2 

49.7 

9.9 

Buffalo  4  Susquehanna  FR  Corp 

28  446 

1  093 

608 

55.6 

1  495 

192 
3  676 

*3-6 

46.8 

12.8 

Central  R.R.  of  New  Jersey 

257  452 

—  11  783 

7  486 

63.5  - 

24  942 

15 .2 

34.4 

14.7 

Chicago  .Indian. 4  Louisville 

j  116  181 

5  369 

3  6  94 

68.5 

6  124 

650 

28.4 

31.5 

10.6 

Cincinnati .Indian. 4  Weet. 

26  SIS 

1  326 

928 

70.0 

2  108 

317 

20.3 

29.0 

15.0 

Cincinnati  Northern 

30  618 

1  619 

987 

61.0 

1  574 

67 

33,2 

31.0 

4.3 

Cleve.  ,Cin.  .Chicago  4  St.L, 

621  612 

33  695 

21  069 

62.5 

I  34  574 

2  506 

31.4 

29.5 

7.2 

Detroit,  Toledo  4  Ircnton 

56  274 

1  879 

1  234 

65.7 

3  524 

580 

17.2 

45.6 

16.5 

Hocking  Valley 

211  368 

7  641 

4  514 

59.1 

12  192 

2  797 

20.2 

46.8 

22.9 

Kanawha  4  Michigan 

50  050 

2  294 

1  235 

53.9 

3  043 

377 

24.3 

40.5 

12.4 

Lake  Erie  &  Western 

•83  308 

4  704 

3  075 

65.4 

5  723 

582 

26.5 

27.1 

10.2 

Long  Island 

13  748 

981 

639 

65.2 

|  6  159 

208 

5.1 

21.5 

3.4 

Pennsylvania  System 

5  092  079 

216  722 

141  523 

65.3 

299  686 

11  076 

23.3 

36.0 

3.7 

Ferkiomen 

6  642 

279 

223 

79.9 

135 

- 

66.8 

29,8 

Philadelphia  4  Reading 

716  536 

28  190 

18  497 

65.6 

40  006 

1  927 

22.7 

38.7 

4.8 

Port  Reading 

5  736 

23G 

128 

55.8 

1  573 

14 

4.7 

44.7 

0.9 

Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit 

a 

112 

74 

66,4 

3  334 

82 

1,1 

2.5 

Toledo  4  Ohio  Central 

171  290 

6  941 

3  748 

54.0 

9  378 

743 

23 .9 

45.7 

7.9 

Toledo  , St. Louis  4  Western 

108  750 

5  766 

3  925 

68,1 

3  619 

154 

51.4 

27.7 

4.5 

Western  Maryland 

257  879 

9  294 

5  816 

62.6 

1  9  409 

597 

31.9 

44.3 

6.3 

Wheeling  &  Lake  Erie 

155  134 

4  724 

3  538 

74.9 

i  13  013 

1  477 

13.8 

43.8 

13.4 

T0TAL-0HI0-1NDIANA-ALLEGH. FEG 

10  352  673 

439  361 

285  436 

65  .0 

!!  598  658 

36  549 

23.7 

6  .1 

FOCAHONTAS  REGION 
Chesapeake  4  Ohio 

I  1  162  574 

45  817 

27  191 

53,3 

1 

i!  43  245 

4  501 

34,2 

42.8 

10.4 

Norfolk  4  Western 

I  1  129  796 

41  549 

26  012 

62.6 

j  36  977 

2  237 

f  36.2 

43.4 

6.0 

Fich .  .Fredericksburg  4  Potomac  30  911 

1  742 

1  372 

78.8 

I  1  274 

171 

44.1 

22.5 

13.4 

Virzinian 

294  638 

10  88C 

5  53C 

50.8 

7  192 

344 

48.8 

53.3 

- 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

1  2  517  919 

99  987 

60  105 

60.1 

1  88  688 

7  253 

II  35.4 

43.6 

8.2 

OCTOBER  1920 

— 

Frt.  car- 

miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 
on  line  daily 

Efficiency  Patios 

Read 

At  01 

tor.-miles 

(thousands) 

1 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 

4=  3  4-  2 

Car-miles 
per  day 
»_2  45 

Tons 
per  car 

8=1  +  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  6  +  5 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

7  ~  31 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

• 

Alabama  ft  Vicksburg 

15  456 

945 

641 

67.8 

1  568 

137 

19.4 

24.1 

8.7 

Alabama  Great  Southern 

82  061 

4  189 

3  116 

74.4 

3  368 

278 

40.1 

26.3 

8.3 

Atlanta  ft  West  Point 

8  166 

451 

363 

80.3 

520 

44 

28.0 

22.5 

8.5 

Atlanta  .Birmingham  ft  Atlantic 

36  476 

1  999 

1  363 

68.2 

2  001 

207 

31.0 

26.8 

9.9 

Atlantic  Coast  Line 

294  180 

19  089 

13  176 

69.0 

25  542 

2  871 

24.1 

22.3 

11.2 

Carolina ,Clinchfi  eld  ft  Ohio 

91  330 

3  504 

2  085 

59.5 

4  193 

381 

27.0 

43.8 

9.1 

Central  of  Georgia 

131  343 

7  208 

4  976 

69.0 

7  735 

424 

30.1 

26.4 

5.5 

Charleston  ft  Western  Carolina 

17  897 

816 

607 

74.4 

1  524 

130 

17.3 

29.5 

8.5 

Cin.  ,New  Orleans  ft  Tex.  Pac. 

132  6S5 

7  199 

5  511 

76.6 

8  053 

725 

28.8 

24.1 

9.0 

Columbus  ft  Greenville  * 

4  756 

444 

281 

63.3 

718 

55 

20.0 

16.9 

Florida  East  Coast 

46  570 

3  822 

2  371 

62.0 

3  328 

128 

37.1 

19.8 

3.8 

Georgia 

31  375 

1  877 

1  358 

72.4 

2  350 

292 

25.8 

23.1 

12.4 

Georgia  Southern  ft  Florida 

28  787 

1  665 

1  127 

67.7 

2  109 

245 

25.5 

25.5 

11.6 

Gulf  ft  Ship  Island 

9  829 

603 

407 

67.5 

1  383 

47 

14.1 

24.1 

3.4 

Gulf,  Mobile  ft  Northern 

30  989 

1  430 

1  066 

74.5 

2  375 

97 

19.4 

29.1 

4.1 

Illinois  Central  (inci.YftMV) 

1  603  148 

81  737 

51  127 

62.5 

59  168 

2  668 

44.6 

31.4 

4.5 

Louisville  ft  Nashville 

870  562 

43  611 

27  770 

63.7 

45  203 

6  060 

31.1 

31.3 

13.4 

Louisville ,Hende reon  ft  St.L. 

19  322 

848 

696 

82.1 

521 

20 

52.5 

27.7 

3.8 

Mississippi  Central 

2  706 

173 

113 

65.3 

534 

44 

10.4 

24.0 

8.2 

Mobile  ft  Ohio 

190  362 

9  223 

6  274 

68.0 

7  574 

1  426 

39.3 

30.3 

18.8 

Nashville  .Chatta. ft  St  .Louie 

126  246 

7  875 

5  140 

65.3 

7  980 

644 

31.8 

24.6 

8.1 

New  Orleans  ft  Northeastern 

54  141 

2  549 

1  995 

78.3 

3  387 

340 

24.3 

27.1 

10.0 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

S  706 

558 

377 

67.8 

1  157 

31 

15.6 

25.7 

2.7 

Norfolk  Southern 

23  637 

1  589 

1  210 

76.1 

3  141 

399 

16,3 

19.5 

12.7 

Northern  Alabama 

8  104 

336 

207 

61.5 

953 

- 

11.4 

39.2 

- 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

225  838 

13  256 

9  577 

72.2 

17  200 

1  779 

24.9 

23.6 

10.3 

Southern 

790  938 

46  109 

31  915 

69.2 

60  016 

2  198 

24.8 

24.8 

3.7 

Tennessee  Central 

12  714 

665 

447 

67.3 

1  454 

30 

14.8 

28.4 

5.5 

Western  Ry.  of  Alabama 

10  990 

649 

460 

70.8 

749 

64 

28.0 

23.9 

8.5 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  910  724 

264  471 

175  757 

66.5 

275  384 

21  814 

30.9 

27.9 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  ft  Northwestern 

1  071  057 

66  267 

43  605 

65.8 

81  582 

6  230 

26.2 

24.6 

7.6 

Chicago , St. Paul  .Minn. ft  Omaha 

178  614 

9  797 

7  316 

74.7 

13  265 

1  456 

23.8 

24.4 

11.0 

Chicago  Great  Western 

153  925 

8  877 

6  318 

71.2 

9  549 

1  135 

30.0 

24.4 

11.9 

Chicago  Milwaukee  ft  St. Paul 

1  232  433 

70  939 

47  034 

66.3 

66  909 

4  807 

34.2 

26.2 

7.2 

Duluth  ft  Iron  Range 

106  174 

4  209 

2  151 

51.1 

6  712 

248 

20.2 

49.4 

3.7 

Duluth,  Missable  ft  Northern 

215  227 

3  759 

4  494 

51 .3 

9  343 

76 

30.2 

47.9 

0.3 

Duluth  .South  Shore  ft  Atlantic 

30  562 

1  660 

1  186 

71.5 

3  234 

199 

16.6 

25.8 

6.2 

Duluth,  Winnipeg  ft  Pacific 

20  044 

1  138 

813 

71.4 

2  007 

146 

18.3 

24.7 

7.3 

Elgin,  Joliet  ft  Eastern 

199  961 

7  339 

5  115 

69,7 

15  574 

1  113 

15.2 

39.1 

7.1 

Great  Northern 

1  025  195 

53  057 

34  644 

65  .3 

51  761 

4  333 

33.1 

29.6 

8.4 

Lake  Superior  ft  Ishpaoing 

6  441 

233 

117 

50.1 

915 

24 

8.2 

55.2 

2.6 

Mineral  Range 

1  794 

86 

50 

58.5 

761 

17 

3.6 

35.6 

2.2 

Minneapolis  &  St.  Louis 

145  211 

6  719 

4  940 

73.5 

8  254 

773 

26.3 

29.4 

9.4 

Minn, , St  .Paul  ft  S.  S. Marie 

373  S12 

21  578 

14  843 

68.8 

24  588 

1  949 

28.3 

25.2 

7.9 

Northern  Pacific 

841  141 

41  943 

30  184 

72.0 

38  620 

4  008 

35,0 

27.9 

10.4 

Oregon-Washington  RR  4  Nav.Co 

163  229 

8  037 

5  398 

73.4 

7  261 

353 

35.7 

27.7 

4.9 

Spokane,  Portland  ft  Seattle 

43  137 

1  880 

1  660 

88.3 

2  379 

81 

25.5 

26.0 

3.4 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

5  808  058 

312  518 

210  368 

67.3 

342  714 

26  948 

29.4 

27.6 

7.9 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

10  844 

548 

318 

58.0 

762 

16 

23.2 

34.1 

2.1 

Atchison , Topeka  ft  Santa  Fe 

1  158  224 

79  200 

52  017 

65.7 

64  501 

5  605 

39.6 

22.3 

Bit 

Bingham  4  Garfield 

738 

23 

14 

61.2 

220 

6 

3.4 

52.3 

2.7 

Chicago  ft  Alton 

216  738 

12  395 

8  089 

65.3 

16  832 

594 

23.8 

26.8 

3.5 

Chicago  ft  Eastern  Illinois 

273  845 

12  727 

8  014 

63.0 

13  420 

2  080 

30.6 

34.2 

15.6 

Chicago  .Burlington  ft  Quincy 

1  565  410 

87  326 

53  066 

60.8 

74  508 

5  781 

37.8 

29.5 

7.8 

Chicago,  Peoria  ft  St. Louis 

22  254 

843 

669 

79.4 

1  538 

77 

17.7 

33.3 

5.0 

Chi., R.  I. ft  Pae.(lncl.CRIftG) 

806  434 

46  131 

31  266 

67.8 

47  759 

4  137 

31.2 

25.8 

8.7 

Chicago  ,T9rre  Haut9  ft  S.  E. 

61  187 

2  823 

1  526 

54.1 

5  422 

545 

16.8 

40.1 

10.1 

Colorado  ft  Southern 

93  230 

5  028 

3  125 

62.2 

6  819 

638 

23.8 

29.8 

9.4 

Denver  ft  Rio  Grande 

216  17" 

12  438 

3  186 

65.6 

16  836 

1  005 

23.9 

26.4 

6.0 

Denver  ft  Salt  Lake 

22  294 

1  097 

590 

53.8 

1  243 

152 

28.5 

37.8 

12.2 

El  Paso  4  Southwestern 

92  565 

4  376 

3  111 

63.8 

3  600 

187 

43.7 

29,8 

5.2 

Fort  Worth  ft  Denver  City 

69  421 

4  304 

2  619 

60.9 

4  430 

383 

31.3 

26.5 

8.6 

Los  Angeles  4  Salt  Lake 

85  028 

5  228 

3  564 

68.2 

3  643 

200 

46.3 

23.9 

5.5 

Nevada  Northern 

2  646 

117 

70 

60.0 

191 

- 

19.7 

37.7 

- 

Northwestern  Pacific 

12  394 

960 

626 

65 .3 

1  702 

75 

18.2 

19.8 

4.4 

Oregon  Short  Line 

293  384 

16  J95 

10  063 

62.5 

11  273 

476 

46.1 

29.2 

4.2. 

Quincy  .Omaha  ft  Kansas  City 

8  587 

415 

281 

67.7 

373 

7 

35.9 

30.5 

1.9 

Southern  Pac. Lines  (Pac.Sys.) 

977  182 

55  605 

39  419 

70.9 

48  366 

2  106 

37.1 

24.8 

4.4 

St.  Joseph  ft  Grand  Island 

23  071 

1  252 

909 

72.6 

727 

152 

55.5 

25.4 

20.9 

Toledo,  Peoria  ft  Western 

7  580 

401 

263 

65.7 

975 

113 

13.3 

28.8 

12.1 

Union  Pacific 

[  1  052  239 

62  520 

41  772 

66.8 

24  001 

1  453 

84.0 

25.2 

6.1 

Utah 

17  040 

667 

344 

51.5 

750 

13 

28.7 

45.6 

1.7 

Western  Pacific 

151  734 

7  686 

4  936 

64.2 

4  462 

192 

1  55.6 

30.8 

4.1 

TOTAL-CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

I  7  240  296 

420  755. 

274  S59 

65.3 

354  353 

25  995 

38.3 

25.3 

7.3 

Formerly  Southern  Pailway  Co.  in  Mississippi. 


0CT03ER  1920 

j  • 

Net 

Frt.  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 
on  line  daily 

Efficiency  Ratios 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 
4=  3  r  2 

Car-miles 
per  day 

Tons 
per  car 

8=1  —  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9  =  64-5 

Road 

ton-miles 

(thousands) 

1 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

7  31 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION  • 

Fort  Worth  4  Rio  Grande 

4  188 

309 

221 

71.7 

697 

30 

14.3 

18.9 

4.3 

Gulf  Coast  Lines 

65  356 

3  641 

2  533 

69.5 

4  736 

325 

24.8 

25.8 

6.9 

Gulf,  Colorado  4  Santa  Fe 

180  317 

10  084 

6  987 

69.3 

11  501 

611 

28.3 

25.8 

5.3 

International  4  Great  Nor. 

94  421 

5  447 

3  791 

69.6 

7  011 

302 

25.1 

24.9 

4.3 

Kansas  City  .Mexico  4  Orient 

10  953 

545 

420 

77.0 

828 

229 

21.2 

26.1 

2.8 

Kan. City ,Mex.&  Orient  of  Tex. 

11  810 

654 

517 

79.0 

1  013 

126 

20.8 

22.8 

12.4 

Kansas  City  Sou.( Incl.T4FS) 

181  507 

7  984 

6  139 

76.9 

6  522 

313 

39.5 

29.6 

4.8 

Kansas,  Oklahoma  4  Gulf 

17  665 

971 

579 

59.7 

1  608 

244 

19.5 

30.5 

15.2 

Louisiana  4  Arkansas 

19  329 

1  121 

690 

61.6 

1  551 

40 

23.2 

28.0 

2.6 

Louisiana  Ry.  4  Nav.  Co. 

23  247 

1  083 

831 

76.7 

3  224 

81 

10.8 

28.0 

2.5 

Midland  Valley 

19  045 

1  269 

684 

53.9 

2  372 

44 

17.3 

27.8 

1.9 

Missouri  4  North  Arkansas 

7  604 

397 

285 

71.9 

809 

31 

15.8 

26.7 

3,8 

Missouri ,  Kansas  4  Texas 

205  781 

13  704 

8  234 

60.1 

14  727 

1  128 

30.0 

25.0 

7.7 

Mis souri ,Kan,4  Tex. of  Tex. 

148  346 

9  242 

5  875 

63.6 

13  586 

551 

21,9 

25.3 

4.1 

Missouri  Pacific 

84  2  745 

42  930 

30  825 

71.8 

55  923 

2  824 

24.8 

27.3 

5.0 

St.  Louis  -  San  Francisco 

432  649 

24  975 

16  544 

66.2 

36  184 

1  598 

22.3 

26.2 

4.4 

St. Louis  ,San  Francisco  4  Tex.. 

10  191 

546 

397 

72.8 

1  239 

54 

14  ;2 

25.7 

4.4 

St.  Louis  Southwestern 

131  115 

7  652 

5  310 

69.4 

7  687 

279 

32.1 

24.7 

3.6 

St. Louis  Southwestern  of  Tex. 

41  087 

2  723 

1  869 

68.6 

3  732 

200 

23.5 

22.0 

5.4 

San  Antonio  4  Aransas  Pass 

19  902 

1  469 

1  052 

71.6 

1  512 

121 

24.8 

18.9 

6.3 

Sou. Pac. Lines  (Tex.4  La.) 

384  799 

20  284 

14  035 

69.2 

24  364 

1  084 

26.9 

27.4 

4.4 

Texas  4  Pacific 

174  025 

10  892 

7  429 

58.2 

14  442 

1  044 

24.3 

23.4 

7.2 

Trinity  4  Brazos  Valley 

17  7S1 

850 

643 

75.7 

1  340 

150 

20.5 

27.7 

11.2 

Vicksburg, Shreveport  4  Pac. 

15  728 

894 

603 

67.5 

1  611 

88 

17.9 

25.1 

5.5 

Wichita  Falls  4  Northwestern 

4  813 

334 

191 

57.1 

1  243 

9 

8.7 

25.2 

0.7 

Wichita  Valley 

4  797 

337 

241 

71.5 

589 

4 

18.5 

19.9 

O.T 

TOTAL-SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

3  069  211 

170  339' 

116  924 

68.6 

220  461 

11  510 

24.9 

26.2 

- 

a  Data  not  available. 


MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  October  1920 


Month 

Car-miles  per  day 

Tons  per  car 

(Revenue  and  Non-Revenue) 

Percentage 

of  unserviceable  cars 

Per  cent 
loaded  to  total 
car-miles 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1S17 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.2 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26,4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5,6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.6 

70.1 

70.0 

66.2 

70.9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28.3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

23.3 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

28.3 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7.0 

70.8 

71.4 

68.1 

72,3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

19.4 

25.6 

29.4 

27.3 

28,6 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

6.5 

71.6 

68.0 

68.1 

68.3 

May 

29.0 

26 .4 

22.8 

24.2 

26.7 

27.7 

27,7 

28.3 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

6,6 

70.1 

66.8 

67.4 

71.2 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23.0 

25.0 

27.8 

28.3 

27.5 

29.0 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

7.0 

68.7 

66.8 

67.9 

69.5 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

26.1 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

29.6 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

7.2 

67.9 

64.7 

68.0 

67.8 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

27.4 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

29.8 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

7.1 

68,? 

67.6 

70.4 

68.2 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

26.1 

27.0 

29.7 

23.3 

30,0 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

7.2 

70.0 

66.9 

59.6 

67.0 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

28.5 

27,7 

29.7 

28.0 

29.9 

5.6 

6.0 

7.4 

7.3 

?1.5 

67.9 

68.4 

66.0 

November 

26.2 

24.6 

23  e3 

2.7.2 

29.5 

26.2 

- 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

- 

71.0 

67.1 

71.3 

- 

December 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27.7 

- 

5.2 

5.8 

6.2 

- 

70.9 

65.9 

71.1 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

- 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

- 

5.6 

==l 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

70.2 

67.7 

68,7 

- 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

November  1920 


The  accompanying  statistics  of  freight  car  performance 
for  the  month  of  November,  1920,  are  compiled  from  the  reports 
of  railways  of  Class  I  to  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 

Railways  of  Class  I  are  those  with  annual  operating  rev¬ 
enues  above  $1,000,000.  Their  operated  mileage  approximates 
90  per  cent  of  the  total  standard  gauge  steam  railway  mileage 
of  the  United  States,  and  their  owned  freight  cars  96  per  cent 
of  all  standard  gauge  railway-owned  freight  cars.  The  operat¬ 
ions  included  in  this  statement  for  November  cover  251,565  miles 
of  line. 

Net  ton-miles  include  revenue  and  non-revenue  freight 
throughout.  Freight  car-miles  include  all  mileage  made  by 
freight  cars  in  freight,  mixed,  special,  and  other  trains.  Un¬ 
serviceable  freight  cars  are  those  in  or  awaiting  shop,  includ¬ 
ing  all  "bad  order"  cars. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  November,  compared 
with  the  same  month  of  the  previous  year,  were  as  follows: 

Month  of  November 
1920  1919 


Per  cent  of  loaded  car-miles .  63.2  71.3 

Car-miles  per  day .  26.8  23.3 

Tons  per  loaded  car . 30.5  26.2 

Per  cent  of  unserviceable  cars . 7.5  6.3 


The  average  car  loading  for  November,  expressed  in  terms 
of  tons  per  loaded  car,  was  the  highest  ever  recorded  for  a 
single  month. 


Consecutive  no.isi 
o,  s.  ser.  a  NO.  11 


s 

NOVEMBER  1920 

Frt. ear-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 
on  line  daily 

Efficiency  Ratios 

Bo  ad 

... 

ton-miles 

(thousands) 

1 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Car-miles 
per  day 

,  _  L±1 

7  “  30 

Tons 
per  car 

8=1  =  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9=6  =  5 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 

4=  3  +  2 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 
vice  able 

6 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

936  954  ; 

56  121 

37  185 

66.3 

101  217 

10  699 

18.5 

25 .2 

10.6 

great  lakes  region 

6  641  619  ! 

342  306 

219  670 

64.2  j 

420  452 

37  061 

27.1 

30.2 

8.8 

OHIO-INDIANA-ALLEGHENY  REG. 

9  191  701 

397  740 

251  269 

63.2 

592  279 

37  483 

22.4 

36.6 

6.3 

POCAHONTAS  IEGION 

2  263  748 

88  172 

51  981 

59.0 

92  395 

7  362 

31.8 

43.5 

3.0 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  484  338 

249  581 

15  8  063 

63.3 

283  063 

24  446 

29.4 

28.4 

8.6 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4  826  908 

277  442 

172  627 

62.2 

350  071 

27  417 

26.4 

28.0 

7.8 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

6  336  959 

375  410 

233  789 

62.3 

35  8  062 

25  643 

34.3 

27.1 

7.2 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  776  397 

157  232 

103  968 

66.1 

221  085 

U  484 

23.7 

26.7 

5.2 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

37  458  624 

1  944  004 

1  228  552 

63.2  1 

2  418  625 

181  595 

26.8 

30.5 

new  England  region 

Atlantic  ft  St.  Lawrence 

27  405 

1  4S9 

845 

56,4  [ 

1  742 

204 

28,7 

32,4 

11.7 

Bangor  ft  Aroostook 

21  907 

1  666 

1  049 

63.0 

3  496 

334 

15. S 

20.9 

9.6 

Boston  ft  Albany 

116  152 

7  281 

4  753 

65 .3 

7  528 

484 

32.2 

24.4 

6.4 

Boston  ft  Ualns 

315  103 

17  932 

12  172 

67.9 

31  470 

3  566 

19.0 

25.9 

11.3 

Canadian  Pac. (Linos  in  He.) 

21  269 

1  100 

764 

69.4 

731 

13 

50.2 

27.8 

1.6 

C antral  New  England 

47  261 

2  722 

1  477 

54.3 

1  838 

319 

49.4 

32.0 

17.4 

Central  Vermont 

24  552 

1  855 

1  172 

63.2 

2  294 

204 

26.9 

20.9 

6.9 

Maine  Central 

85  652 

5  603 

3  595 

64.2 

10  572 

905 

17.7 

23.8 

8.6 

New  York, New  Haven  ft  Hart.  j 

258  220 

15  455 

10  541 

68.2 

39  745 

4  543 

13.0 

24.5 

11.4 

Rutland 

19  433 

1  008 

818 

81.2 

1  801 

127 

18.7 

23.7 

7.1 

TOTAL  -  NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

936  954 

55  121 

37  185 

66.3 

101  217 

10  699 

18.5 

25.2 

GREAT  LAKES  IEGION 

Ann  Arbor 

35  091 

1  525 

1  176 

77.1 

2  188 

300 

23.2 

29.8 

13.7 

Buffalo  .Rochester  4  Pitts. 

297  682 

8  701 

5  097 

58.6 

13  854 

1  045 

20.9 

58.4 

7.5 

Chgo.,Det.ft  Can. Grd. Trie. Jot. 

9  125 

51? 

261 

55.0 

1  935 

246 

8.8 

32.4 

12.7 

Delaware  ft  Hudson 

352  573 

15  733 

S  711 

61.7 

16  608 

1  343 

31.6 

36.3 

8.1 

Delaware  .Lackawanna  ft  West. 

480  834 

24  543 

16  595 

66.5 

24  050 

1  328 

34.6 

29.0 

5.5 

Detroit  ft  Mackinac 

7  155 

440 

302 

68.7 

1  158 

164 

12.7 

23.7 

14.2 

Detroit  ft  Toledo  Shore  Line 

13  816 

672 

379 

56.4 

886 

120 

25.3 

36.5 

13.5 

Detroit  .Grand  Haven  ft  Mil. 

17  569 

1  045 

746 

71.4 

2  418 

308 

14.4 

23.6 

12.7 

Erie  ( Incl. Chicago  4  Erie) 

1  028  789 

54  281 

34  323 

63  .2 

53  742 

3  712 

33.7 

30.0 

6.9 

Grand  Trunk  Western 

101  587 

7  325 

4  322 

59.0 

4  836 

616 

50.5 

23.5 

12.7 

Lehigh  ft  Hudson  River 

33  438 

1  373 

914 

66.5 

854 

88 

53.6 

36.6 

10.3 

Lehigh  ft  New  England 

18  410 

609 

409 

50.6 

3  048 

147 

8.8 

45.0 

4.8 

Lehigh  Valley 

547  245 

26  063 

16  673 

64.0 

31  010 

3  130 

28,0 

32.8 

10.1 

Michigan  Central 

346  968 

22  345 

14  505 

64.9 

26  838 

1  938 

27.8 

23.9 

7.2 

Monongahela 

29  347 

1  025 

551 

53.7 

1  494 

48 

22.9 

53.3 

3.2 

New  Jersey  ft  New  York 

283 

22 

12 

55.1 

100 

- 

7.2 

23.8 

- 

New  York  Central 

2  097  957 

112  845 

70  535 

62.5 

142  294 

12  244 

26.4 

29.7 

8.6 

Not  York  .Chicago  ft  St. Louis 

221  256 

15  197 

9  870 

64.9 

9  512 

763 

53.3 

22.4 

8.0 

New  York  .Ontario  4  Western 

60  921 

2  769 

1  737 

62.7 

4  847 

810 

19.0 

35.1 

16.7 

Not  York  .Susquehanna  ft  West. 

6  593 

313 

210 

67.0 

2  269 

47 

4.6 

31.4 

2.1 

Pere  Marquette 

205  197 

11  511 

7  921 

68.8 

19  600 

1  659 

19.6 

25.9 

8.5 

Pittsburg  ft  Lake  Erie 

257  161 

8  695 

6  029 

69 .3 

27  386 

3  166 

10.6 

42.7 

11.6 

Pittsburg  ft  Shawmut 

13  094 

529 

268 

50.7 

937 

58 

18.6 

48.8 

6.2 

Pittsburg  ft  West  Virginia 

11  022 

410 

261 

63.6 

929 

107 

14.7 

42.3 

11. 8 

Pittsburg, Shawmut  ft  Northern 

12  612 

574 

299 

52.0 

2  293 

1  272 

8.3 

42.2 

55.5 

Ulster  ft  Delaware 

4  729 

231 

133 

57.7 

299 

5 

25.8 

35.5 

1.7 

Wabash 

431  165 

22  417 

16  411 

73.2 

25  067 

2  397 

29.8 

26.3 

9.6 

TOTAL  -  GREAT  LAKES  IEGION 

6  641  619 

342  306 

219  670 

64.2 

420  452 

3  7  061 

27.1 

30.2 

8.8 

OHIO-INDI ANA- ALUS  GHENT  REGION 

Atlantic  City 

3  959 

208 

153 

73.6 

163 

5 

41.2 

25.9 

3.0 

Baltimore  ft  Ohio  (East  ft  West] 

1  793  263 

80  445 

49  685 

61.8 

112  294 

7  172 

23.9 

36.1 

6.4 

Bessemer  ft  Lake  Erie 

186  266 

4  724 

3  710 

78.5 

9  393 

1  120 

16.8 

50.2 

11.9 

Buffalo  ft  Susquehanna  R.  R.Corf 

.  23  951 

890 

514 

57.8 

1  453 

198 

20.4 

46.6 

13.6 

Central  R.R.  of  Near  Jersey 

235  799 

11  023 

6  694 

60.7 

24  910 

3  911 

14.7 

35.2 

15.7 

Chicago, Indianapolis  ft  Louis. 

97  316 

4  707 

3  068 

65,2 

6  291 

634 

24.9 

31.7 

10.1 

Cincinnati .Indian,  ft  Western 

26  024 

1  181 

844 

71.5 

1  826 

380 

21.6 

30.8 

20.8 

Cincinnati  Northern 

24  862 

1  179 

758 

64.3 

1  177 

66 

33.4 

32.8 

5.6 

Cleve.  ,Cin.  .Chgo.ft  St.Louls 

613  049 

32  050 

19  710 

61.5 

33  800 

3  221 

31.6 

31.1 

9.5 

Detroit,  Toledo  ft  Ironton 

52  865 

1  968 

1  253 

63,7 

3  416 

548 

19.2 

42.2 

16.0 

Hocking  Valley 

179  693 

6  958 

3  894 

56.0 

13  117 

3  058 

17.7 

46.1 

23.3 

Kanawha  ft  Michigan 

53  926 

2  380 

1  273 

53.5 

3  804 

454 

20.9 

42.4 

11.9 

Lake  Erie  ft  Western 

1  69  213 

3  102 

2  463 

79.4 

5  143 

814 

20.1 

28.1 

15.8 

Long  Island 

10  667 

912 

566 

62,0 

5  727 

193 

5.3 

18.9 

3.4 

Pennsylvania  System 

4  536  121 

194  6  75 

124  235 

63.8 

291  892 

10  559 

22,2 

36.5 

3.6 

Perkiomen 

7  272 

321 

224 

69.8 

140 

- 

76.5 

32.4 

- 

Philadelphia  ft  Reading 

657  844 

26  519 

16  737 

63.1 

39  353 

2  200 

22.5 

39.3 

5.6 

Port  Reading 

7  003 

307 

157 

51.1 

1  814 

27 

5.6 

44.7 

1.5 

Staten  Island  Rap  id  Transit 

a 

98 

66 

66.9 

2  699 

50 

1.2 

- 

1.9 

Toledo  ft  Ohio  Central 

138  671 

5  300 

3  146 

53.3 

9  632 

839 

20.4 

44.1 

8.7 

Toledo  ,St. Louis  ft  Western 

94  324 

4  896 

3  425 

70.0 

3  450 

201 

47.3 

27.5 

5.8 

Western  Maryland 

244  310 

8  973 

5  496 

61.3 

10  159 

664 

29,4 

44.5 

6.5 

Wheeling  ft  Lake  Erie 

135  304 

4  324 

3  199 

74.0 

10  621 

1  169 

13.6 

42.3 

u.o 

TOTAL-OHIO-IMDIANA-ALUIGH.  REG 

9  191  701 

397  740 

251  269 

63.2 

592  279 

37  483 

22.4 

36.6 

6.3 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

Chesapeake  ft  Ohio 

995  675 

39  567 

23  415 

59,2 

44  245 

3  916 

I  29.8 

42.5 

8.9 

Norfolk  4  Western 

987  186 

37  678 

22  545 

59.8 

3  9  755 

2  sec 

i  31.6 

43.8 

7.2 

Rich.  .Fredericks  ,4  Potomac 

28  706 

1  886 

1  336 

70.9 

1  253 

156 

j  50.2 

21.5 

12.5 

Virginian 

252  182 

9  041 

4  685 

51.8 

7  143 

410 

42.2 

53.8 

5.7 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  IEGION 

2  263  748 

S  38  172 

51  981 

59.0 

92  396 

7  362 

1  31.8 

42.5 

8.0 

NOVEMBER  1920 

Nfft 

Frt.  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 
on  line  daily 

Efficiency  Ratios 

Road 

ton-miles 

(thousands) 

1 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Car-miles 
per  day 

e  _  2  u.  5 

Tons 
per  car 

^=1  -j-  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 

9=6  +  5 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 

4=  3  4  2 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

30 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

Alabama.  4  Vicksburg 

IS  612 

953 

656 

68.8 

1  625 

119 

19.5 

25.3 

7.3 

Alabama  Great  Southern 

74  802 

4  202 

2  812 

66.9 

3  705 

338 

37.8 

26.6 

9.1 

Atlanta  4  Vest  Point 

6  661 

382 

296 

77.5 

460 

43 

27.7 

22.5 

9.3 

Atlanta  .Birmingham  4  Atlantic 

34  614 

2  149 

1  424 

66.3 

2  033 

332 

35.2 

24.3 

16.3 

Atlantic  Coast  Line 

320  510 

21  995 

14  286 

64.9 

29  224 

2  896 

25.1 

22.4 

9.9 

Carolina  .Clinchfield  4  Ohio 

73  546 

3  204 

2  061 

64.3 

3  885 

385 

27.5 

35.9 

9.9 

Central  of  Georgia 

115  170 

6  416 

4  185 

65.2 

7  180 

549 

29.8 

27.5 

7.6 

Charleston  4  Western  Carolina 

IS  665 

855 

633 

74.0 

1  513 

77 

18.8 

31.1 

5.1 

Cin.  ,New  Orleans  i  Texas  Pac. 

114  539 

6  537 

4  688 

71.7 

8  870 

737 

24.6 

24.4 

8.3 

Columbus  4  Greenville  * 

6  442 

344 

245 

71.4 

848 

79 

13.5 

26  .2 

9.3 

Florida  East  Coast 

40  874 

3  433 

2  038 

59.4 

3  037 

152 

37.7 

20.1 

5.0 

Georgia 

24  181 

1  459 

1  033 

70.8 

2  044 

361 

23.8 

23.4 

17.7 

Georgia  Southern  4  Florida 

25  555  I 

1  664 

950 

57.1 

2  637 

243 

21.0 

26.9 

9.2 

Gulf  £  Ship  Island 

8  887 

525 

354i 

67.3 

1  419 

46 

12.3 

25.1 

3.2 

Gulf,  Mobile  4  Northern 

28  431 

1  370 

983 

71.8 

3  123 

119 

14.6 

28.9 

3.8 

Illinois  Central  (Incl.YJfcMV) 

1  459  905 

75  408 

45  164 

59.9 

60  147 

2  703 

41.8 

32.3 

4.5 

Louisville  &  Nashville 

798  068 

40  915 

25  185 

61.6 

46  932 

7  971 

29.1 

31.7 

17.0 

Louia. , Henderson  4  St. Louis 

22  672 

879 

658 

74.9 

568 

21 

51.6 

34.5 

3.7 

Mississippi  Central 

1  614 

124 

82 

66.4 

619 

82 

6.7 

19.6 

13,2 

Mobile  4  Ohio 

171  583 

8  132 

5  649 

69.5 

8  149 

1  426 

33.3 

30.4- 

17.5 

Nashville ,Chatta. 4  St. Louis 

104  842 

6  717 

4  350 

64.8 

7  316 

722 

30.6 

24.1 

9.9 

New  Orleans  &  Northeastern 

41  167 

2  257 

1  570 

69.6 

3  779 

342 

19.9 

26.2 

9.1 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

8  413 

479 

314 

65.6 

1  106 

34 

14.4 

26.8 

3.1 

Norfolk  Souther  a 

20  396 

1  381 

1  074 

77.8 

3  049 

442 

15.1 

19.0 

14.5 

Northern  Alabam 

7  735 

332 

197 

59  .4 

986 

- 

11.2 

39.2 

- 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

217  075 

12  722 

9  176 

72.1 

17  921 

2  053 

23.7 

23.7 

11.5 

Southern 

700  745 

43  684 

27  252 

62.4 

58  776 

2  042 

24.8 

25.7 

3.5 

Tennessee  Central 

10  714 

534 

382 

71.5 

1  476 

72 

12.1 

28.1 

4.9 

Western  Ry,  of  Alabama 

8  523 

530 

364 

68,7 

636 

60 

27.8 

23 .4 

9.4 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  4  84  3  38 

249  581 

158  063 

63.3 

283  063 

24  446 

29.4 

28.4 

8.6 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  «  Northwestern 

947  977 

54  576 

33  987 

62.3 

79  669 

5  795 

22.8 

27.9 

7.3 

Chicago , St. Paul, Minn, 4  Omaha 

149  823 

9  464 

6  161 

65.1 

12  848 

1  794 

24.6 

24.3 

14.0 

Chicago  Great  Western 

13  4  540 

8  341 

5  626 

67.4 

9  511 

1  245 

29.2 

23.9 

13.1 

Chicago  .Milwaukee  4  St. Paul 

1  010  555 

62  783 

38  261 

60.9 

6  8  902 

5  132 

30.4 

25.4 

7.4 

Duluth  4  Iron  Range 

60  085 

2  461 

1  262 

51.3 

6  709 

361 

12.2 

47.6 

5.4 

Duluth .Missabs  4  Northern 

110  545 

4  501 

2  395 

53.2 

9  451 

128 

15.9 

46.2 

1.4 

Duluth ,South  Shore  4  Atlantic 

24  839 

1  821 

1  386 

76.1 

3  288 

184 

18.5 

17.9 

5.6 

Duluth  (Winnipeg  4  Pacific 

19  464 

1  067 

569 

53.3 

2  547 

211 

14.0 

34.2 

8.3 

Elgin,  Joliet  4  Eastern 

183  340 

6  348 

4  329 

68.2 

15  901 

1  219 

13.3 

42.4 

7.7 

Great  Northern 

835  319 

44  673 

28  533 

63.9 

52  052 

4  024 

28.6 

29.3 

7.7 

Lake  Superior  4  Ishpeming 

4  006 

147 

79 

54.1 

815 

38 

6.0 

50.5 

4.7 

Mineral  Range 

1  545 

72 

42 

57.9 

838 

15 

2.9 

37.1 

1.8 

Minneapolis  4  St. Louis 

125  000 

6  336 

4  172 

65.9 

8  375 

912 

!  25.2 

30.0 

10.9 

Minn.  ,St. Paul  4  S.  S.  Marie 

321  369 

21  225 

13  272 

62.5 

25  681 

1  641 

27.5 

24.2 

6.4 

Northern  Pacific 

716  194 

44  162 

25  906 

58.7 

42  072 

4  100 

I  35.0 

27.6 

9.7 

Oregon-Wash.  R.R.  4  Nav.  Co. 

147  848 

7  931 

5  317 

67.0 

9  580 

544 

27.6 

27.8 

5.7 

Spokane,  Portland  4  Seattle 

34  060 

1  535 

1  331 

86.8 

1  832 

74 

27.9 

25.6 

4.0 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

4  826  308 

277  442 

172  627 

62.2 

350-  071 

27  417 

26.4 

28.0 

7.8 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

j  11  181 

535 

318 

59.5 

819 

19 

21.3 

35.1 

2.3 

Atchison, Topeka  4  Santa  ?e 

1  1  025  218 

73  149 

44  817 

61.3 

64  518 

5  177 

37.8 

22.9 

8.0 

Bingham  4  Garfield 

726 

20 

14 

66.1 

237 

4 

2.9 

53.8 

1.7 

Chicago  4  Alton 

200  394 

10  830 

6  813 

62.9 

15  493 

532 

23.3 

29.4 

3.4 

Chicago  4  Eastern  Illinois 

237  349 

11  207 

6  867 

61.3 

14  231 

1  976 

26.2 

34.6 

13.9 

Chicago  .Burlington  4  Quincy 

1  383  803 

77  292 

46  180 

59.7 

77  017 

5  543 

33.5 

30.0 

7.2 

Chicago,  Peoria  4  St.  Louis 

21  038 

890 

662 

74.4 

1  458 

82 

20.3 

31.8 

5.6 

Chicago  (R.  1.4  Pac.(  Incl.CRI4G 

726  954 

42  282 

28  525 

67.5 

1  47  385 

3  903 

29.7 

25.5 

8.2 

Chicago ,Terre  Haute  4  S.  E. 

64  855 

2  720 

1  334 

49.1 

5  133 

561 

17.7 

48.6 

10.9 

Colorado  4  Southern 

n  661 

5  055 

2  911 

57.6 

7  787 

620 

21.6 

31.5 

a.o 

Denver  4  Rio  Grande 

201  081 

11  055 

7  172 

64.9 

17  568 

1  010 

21.0 

28.0 

5.7 

Denver  4  salt  Lake 

17  078 

899 

490 

54.5 

1  286 

125 

1  23.3 

34.8 

9.7 

El  Paso  4  Southwestern 

87  644 

4  969 

3  086 

62.1 

3  916 

186 

42.3 

28.4 

4.7 

Fort  Worth  4  Denver  City 

62  400 

3  9S9 

2  452 

61.5 

4  584 

429 

29,0 

25.4 

9.4 

Los  Angeles  4  Sait  Lake 

76  307 

5  454 

3  232 

59.2 

4  088 

245 

44.6 

24.4 

6.0 

Nevada  Northern 

3  291 

139 

86 

61.9 

214 

3 

1  21.7 

38.1 

1.4 

Northwestern  Pacific 

9  748 

704 

484 

68.8 

1  717 

53 

13.7 

20.1 

3.1 

Oregon  Short  Line 

272  833 

14  561 

9  014 

51.9 

12  539 

793 

38.7 

30.3 

6.3 

Quincy  (Omaha  4  Kansas  Citv 

6  917 

378 

243 

64.3 

387 

7 

32.5 

28.5 

1.8 

Sou.  Pac.  Lines  (Pac.Sye.) 

815  463 

48  078 

31  265 

65.0 

43  821 

2  094 

36.6 

26.1 

4.8 

St. Joseph  4  Grand  Island 

18  649 

1  094 

765 

69.9 

746 

130 

j  48. 9 

24.4 

17.4 

Toledo,  Peoria  4  Western 

5  958 

342 

209 

60.9 

911 

111 

12.5 

28.6 

12.2 

Union  Pacific 

870  702 

52  929 

32  977 

62.3 

27  113 

1  830 

65.1 

26.4 

6,7 

Utah 

14  267 

594 

297 

50.0 

938 

13 

21.1 

48.0 

1.4 

Western  Pacific 

108  943 

6  234 

3  575 

57.4 

4  156 

197 

50.0 

30.5 

4,7 

TOTAL-CENTRAL  WESTERN  ISGION 

6  336  959 

375  410 

233  789 

62.3 

358  062 

25  643 

34.9 

27.1 

7.2 

Formerly  Southern  Railway  Co.  in  Mississippi 


NOVEMBER  1920 

Net 

ton-niles 

(thousands) 

1 

L 

Frt.  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 
on  line  daily 

Efficiency  Ratios 

Road 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

P6r  cent 
loaded 
to  total 

4=3  +  2 

Car-miles 
per  day 

i?  —  2  ■+  5 

Tons 
per  car 

8=1  •+■  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 
?  =  6  -+  & 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

30 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Fort  Worth  &  Rio  Grande 

3  356 

292 

199 

6  8.2 

677 

31 

14.4 

19.3 

4.6 

Gulf  Coaet  Lines 

53  751 

3  387 

2  098 

61.9 

4  764 

316 

23.7 

25.6 

6.6 

Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe 

148  033 

10  189 

5  953 

58.4 

10  821 

466 

31.4 

24.9 

4.3 

International  &  Great  Nor. 

93  736 

5  239 

3  334 

63.6 

6  28 2 

341 

27,3 

28,1 

5.4 

Kansas  City  .Mexico  i  Orient 

7  619 

443 

339 

76.3 

731 

140 

20.2 

22.5 

19.2 

Kan.Clty.Msx.4  Orient  of  Tex. 

9  192 

629 

444 

70.7 

1  009 

39 

20. 8 

20.7 

8.3 

Kansas  City  Sou.(  Ind.TftFS) 

156  531 

7  018 

5  234 

74.6 

6  791 

259 

34.4 

29.9 

3.6 

Kansas,  Oklahoma  4  Gulf 

IS  163 

954 

564 

59.2 

1  973 

246 

16.1 

32.2 

12.5 

Louisiana  4  Arkansas 

23  823 

1  420 

801 

56.4 

2  014 

48 

23.5 

29.7 

2.4 

Louisiana  Ry.  4  Nav.  Co. 

23  705 

1  353 

852 

63.0 

1  963 

111 

23.0 

27.8 

5.7 

Midland  Valley 

17  000 

1  130 

706 

59.3 

2  828 

36 

14.0 

24.1 

1.3 

Missouri  4  North  Arkansas 

6  860 

349 

254 

72.8 

669 

40 

17.4 

27.0 

6.0 

Missouri,  Kansas  4  Texas 

181  512 

12  502 

7  088 

56.7 

14  973 

1  105 

27.8 

25.6 

7.4 

Missouri  , Kan. 4  Tex.  of  Tex. 

136  232 

8  597 

5  300 

61.7 

14  222 

629 

20.1 

25.7 

4.4 

Missouri  Pacific 

747  967 

37  151 

26  482 

71.3 

54  009 

2  869 

22.9 

28.2 

5.3 

St.Louis-San  Francisco 

401  188 

22  591 

14  896 

65.9 

35  551 

1  460 

21.2 

26.9 

4.1 

St. Louie, San  Francisco  4  Tex. 

8  331 

438 

319 

65.3 

1  199 

55 

13.6 

26.1 

4.6 

St. Louis  Southwestern 

136  772 

7  710 

5  211 

67.6 

7  934 

281 

32.4 

26.2 

3.5 

St .Louis  Southwestern  of  Tex. 

36  706 

2  329 

1  557 

66.8 

3  398 

159 

22.9 

23.6 

4.7 

San  Antonio  4  Aransas  Pa6s 

18  320 

1  278 

378 

68.7 

1  949 

146 

21.9 

20.9 

7.5 

Sou. Pac. Lines  (Texas  4  La.) 

333  278 

18  764 

12  594 

67.1 

26  555 

1  346 

23.6 

26.5 

5.1 

Texas  4  Pacific 

169  599 

10  585 

7  144 

67.5 

15  488 

985 

22.8 

23.7 

6.4 

Trinity  4  Brazos  Valley 

17  325 

1  023 

664 

64.9 

1  198 

207 

28.5 

26.1 

17.3 

Vicksburg  .Shreveport  4  Pac. 

17  653 

1  115 

655 

58.7 

2  344 

106 

15.9 

27.0 

4.5 

Wichita  Falls  4  Northwestern 

4  489 

307 

180 

58.6 

1  164 

10 

8.8 

25.0 

0.9 

Wichita  Valley 

4  755 

329 

222 

67.5 

579 

3 

18.9 

21.4 

0,5 

TOTAL-SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

~ 2~776  3^97 

157  232 

103  963 

66.1 

221  085 

11  484 

23.7 

26.7 

_ 

a  Data  net  available. 


MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  November  1920 


Month 

Car-miles  per  day 

Tons  per  car 

(Revenue  and  Non-Revenue) 

Percentage 

of  unserviceable  cars 

Per  cent 
loaded  to  total 
ear-miles 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.2 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.6 

70.3 

70.0 

66.2 

70.9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.? 

28.3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

23.8 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

28.3 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7i0 

70.8 

71.4 

68.1 

72.3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

19.4 

25.6 

29.4 

27.3 

28.6 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

6.5 

71.6 

68.0 

68.1 

68.3 

May 

29.0 

26.4 

22.8 

24.2 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

28.3 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

6.6 

70.1 

66.8 

67.4 

71.2 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23.0 

25.0 

27.8 

28.3 

27.5 

29.0 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

7.0 

68.7 

66.8 

67.9 

69.5 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

26.1 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

29.6 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

7.2 

67.9 

64.7 

68.0 

67.8 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

27.4 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

29.8 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

7.1 

68 .1 

67.6 

70.4 

68.2 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

28.1 

27.0 

29.7 

28.3 

30.0 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

7.2 

70.0 

66.9 

69.6 

67.0 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

28.5 

27.7 

29.7 

28.0 

29.9 

5.6 

6  .0 

7.4 

7.3 

71.5 

67.9 

68.4 

66.0 

November 

26,2 

24.6 

23.3 

26.8 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

30.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

7.5 

71.0 

67.1 

71.3 

63.2 

December 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

- 

29.2 

29.8 

27.7 

- 

5.2 

5.3 

6.2 

- 

70.9 

65.9 

71.1 

- 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

- 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

- 

5.6 

5.7 

7.1 

- 

70.2 

67.7 

68.7 

- 

BUREAU  OF  RAILWAY  ECONOMICS 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


FREIGHT  CAR  PERFORMANCE 

December  1920 


The  accompanying  statistics  of  freight  car  perf ormance  for 
the  month  of  December,  1920,  are  compiled  from  the  reports  to 
the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  of  railways  of  Class  I,  with 
an  operated  mileage  of  231,691  miles. 

The  significant  factors  for  the  month  of  December,  compared 


the  same 

month  of  the  previous  year 

,  were  as 

follows : 

Month  of 

December 

1920 

W9 

Per  cent  of  loaded  car-miles . 

Car-miles  per  day . 

Tons  rser  loaded  car . 

.  60.3 

.  24.8 

.  31.2 

71.1 

22.3 

27.7 

Per  cent 

of  unserviceable  cars . 

7.9 

6.2 

The  average  car  loading  for  December,  expressed  in  terms  of 
tons  per  loaded  car,  was  31.2  tons,  the  highest  ever  recorded  for 
a  single  month. 


NOTICE 

This  is  the  final  issue  of  Freight  Car  Performance  as  a 
separate  monthly  bulletin.  Beginning  with  the  returns  for  the 
month  of  January,  1921,  data  corresponding  to  that  contained  here¬ 
in  will  appear  in  the  monthly  bulletin  of  the  Bureau  of  Railway 
Economics  entitled,  "Summary  of  Operating  Statistics”. 


Consecutive  no.184 
o.  s.  SER.  A  NO.  12 


DECEMBER  1920 

Net 

ton-milee 

(thousands) 

1 

rrt.car-milss  (thousands) 

Freighl 
on  line 

cars 

Efficiency  Ratios 

Road 

Total 

2 

Loadsd 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 

4-3  +  2 

Car-miles 
per  day 

7 

31 

Tons 
per  car 

8-1  +  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 
9-6  +  5 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

929  146 

54  551 

35  658 

65.4 

101  811 

10  849 

17.3 

26.1 

10.7 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

6  351  575 

335  475 

205  914 

61.4 

418  243 

37  555 

25.9 

30.8 

9.0 

OHIO- INDIANA- ALLEGHENY  REG. 

8  709  922 

402  998 

234  711 

58.2 

568  875 

39  452 

22.9 

37.1 

6.9 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  166  941 

88  425 

48  842 

55.2 

92  166 

6  764 

30.9 

44.4 

7.3 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  453  501 

253  141 

153  705 

60.7 

293  139 

27  233 

27.9 

29.0 

9.3 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

3  846  157 

215  293 

134  696 

62.6 

346  822 

28  437 

20.0 

28.6 

8.2 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

5  613  383 

336  304 

200  862 

59.7 

356  570 

27  708 

30.4 

27.9 

7.8 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  651  240 

159  015 

97  972 

61.6 

219  142 

11  492 

23.4 

27.1 

5.2 

GRAND  TOTAL  -  ALL  REGIONS 

34  722  365 

1  845  202 

60.3 

2396  768 

189  490 

24.8 

31.2 

7,9 

NEW  ENGLAND  REGION  , 

Atlantic  &  St.  Lawrence 

42  079 

2  209 

1  252 

56.7 

2  397 

241 

29.7 

33.6 

10.1 

Bangor  4  Aroostook 

19  909 

1  531 

971 

63.4 

3  585 

358 

13.8 

20.5 

10.0 

Boston  4  Albany 

115  525 

7  381 

4  533 

61.4 

7  398 

530 

32.2 

25.5 

7.2 

Boston  4  Maine 

287  185 

16  242 

10  942 

67.4 

32  190 

3  560 

16.3 

26.2 

11.1 

Canadian  Pac. (Lines  in  Me.) 

38  342 

1  754 

1  362 

77.7 

783 

17 

72.2 

28.2 

2.2 

Central  New  England 

49  418 

2  667 

1  426 

53.5 

2  446 

381 

35.2 

34.6 

15.6 

Central  Vermont 

25  093 

1  536 

1  201 

78.2 

2  444 

311 

20.3 

20.9 

12.7 

Maine  Central 

79  465 

4  789 

3  201 

66.8 

9  909 

996 

15.6 

24.8 

10.1 

New  York, New  Haven  4  Hart. 

250  392 

15  374 

9  939 

64.6 

38  696 

4  252 

12.8 

25.2 

11.0 

Rutland 

21  738 

1  068 

831 

77.8 

1  963 

203 

17.5 

26.2 

10.3 

TOTAL  -  NEW  ENGLAND  REGION 

929  146 

54  551 

35  658 

65.4 

101  811 

10  849 

17.3 

26.1 

10.7 

GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

Ann  Arbor 

44  132 

1  753 

1  269 

72.4 

2  497 

309 

22.6 

34.8 

12.4 

Buffalo, Rochester  4  Pitts. 

197  064 

8  789 

4  746 

54.0 

12  521 

1  093 

22.6 

41.5 

8.7 

Chgo.,Det.4  Can.Grd.Trk.Jct. 

9  601 

442 

277 

62.7 

2  005 

257 

7.1 

34.7 

12.8 

Delaware  4  Hudson 

356  729 

15  415 

9  836 

63.8 

17  362 

1  269 

28.6 

36.3 

7.3 

Delaware, Lackawanna  4  West. 

452  996 

24  331 

15  646 

64.3 

23  531 

1  472 

33.4 

29.0 

6.3 

Detroit  4  Mackinac  ' 

4  336 

281 

186 

66.3 

886 

231 

10.2 

23.3 

26.1 

Detroit  4  Toledo  Shore  Line 

16  103 

645 

420 

65.1 

867 

125 

24.0 

38.3 

14.4 

Detroit, Grand  Haven  4  Mil. 

16  729 

1  032 

676 

65.5 

2  507 

322 

13.3 

24.8 

12.8 

Erie  ( Incl. Chicago  4  Erie) 

1  011  024 

48  299 

31  451 

65.1 

51  268 

4  117 

30.4 

32.1 

8.0 

Grand  Trunk  Weetern 

102  192 

8  187 

4  211 

51.4 

5  013 

643 

52.7 

24.3 

12.8 

Lehigh  4  Hudson  River 

29  946 

1  354 

799 

59.0 

832 

107 

52.5 

37.5 

12.9 

Lehigh  4  New  England 

26  038 

1  018 

545 

53.6 

2  736 

183 

12.0 

47.7 

6.7 

Lehigh  Valley 

534  500 

26  277 

16  239 

61.8 

32  726 

3  712 

25.9 

32.9 

11.3 

Michigan  Central 

339  241 

21  816 

13  274 

60.8 

27  372 

2  109 

25.7 

25.6 

7.7 

Monongahela 

30  867 

1  049 

558 

53.2 

1  516 

45 

22.3 

55.3 

3.0 

New  Jersey  4  New  York 

316 

22 

11 

53.3 

100 

- 

6.9 

27.6 

•- 

New  York  Central 

2  030  587 

112  733 

66  026 

58.6 

143  723 

11  635 

25.3 

30.8 

8.1 

New  York, Chicago  4  St. Louie 

221  814 

15  917 

9  617 

60.4 

9  876 

800 

52.0 

23.1 

8.1 

New  York, Ontario  4  Weetern 

63  107 

3  030 

1  748 

57.7 

4  805 

812 

20.3 

36.1 

16.9 

New  York, Susquehanna  4  West. 

5  480 

256 

175 

68.3 

1  888 

52 

4.4 

31.4 

2.8 

Pere  Marquette 

193  821 

11  038 

6  998 

63.4 

18  899 

1  562 

18.8 

27.7 

8.3 

Pittsburg  4  Lake  Erie 

222  597 

8  090 

5  240 

64.8 

25  236 

2  806 

10.3 

42.5 

11.1 

Pittsburg  4  Shawmut 

14  239 

564 

298 

52.8 

871 

58 

20.9 

47.8 

6.7 

Pittsburg  4  West  Virginia 

9  849 

384 

242 

62.9 

933 

97 

13.3 

40.7 

10.4 

Pittsburg, Shawmut  4  Northern 

12  065 

460 

270 

58.9 

2  134 

1  283 

6.9 

44.6 

60.1 

Ulster  4  Delaware 

1  900 

125 

69 

54.9 

239 

3 

16.9 

27.7 

1.3 

Wabash 

404  302 

22  168 

15  087 

68.1 

25  900 

2  453 

27.6 

26.8 

9.5 

TOTAL  -  GREAT  LAKES  REGION 

6  351  575 

335  475 

205  914 

61.4 

418  243 

37  555 

25.9 

30.8 

973 

OHIO- INDIANA- ALLEGHENY  REGION 

Atlantic  City 

3  455 

201 

136 

67.8 

148 

3 

43.8 

25.3 

2.0 

Baltimore  4  Ohio 

1  689  105 

81  732 

46  678 

57.1 

109  629 

7  150 

24.0 

36.2 

6.5 

Bessemer  4  Lake  Erie 

126  525 

3  632 

2  641 

72.7 

8  453 

1  326 

13.9 

47.9 

15.7 

Buffalo  4  Sueque.R.R.Corp. 

22  557 

916 

492 

53.7 

1  347 

193 

21.9 

45.8 

14.3 

Central  R.R.  of  New  Jersey 

232  966 

11  135 

6  477 

58.2 

25  913 

4  472 

13.9 

36.0 

17.3 

Chicago, Indianapolis  4  Louis. 

94  597 

4  819 

2  864 

59.4 

7  520 

721 

20.7 

33.0 

9.6 

Cincinnati .Indian. 4  Western 

23  719 

1  150 

815 

70.9 

1  931 

407 

19.2 

29.1 

21*1 

Cincinnati  Northern 

37  386 

1  577 

1  012 

64.2 

1  209 

113 

42.1 

37.0 

9.3 

Cleve. ,Cin. .Chgo.l  St. Louie 

561  970 

33  146 

17  790 

53.7 

37  829 

3  894 

28.3 

31.6 

10.3 

Detroit, Toledo  4  Ironton 

43  766 

1  989 

1  126 

56.6 

3  578 

329 

17.9 

38.9 

9.2 

Hocking  Valley 

143  230 

6  056 

3  200 

52.9 

11  348 

3  251 

17.2 

44.8 

28*6 

Kanawha  4  Michigan 

48  262 

2  065 

1  175 

56.9 

3  420 

458 

19.5 

4l«  1 

13.4 

Lake  Erie  4  Western 

69  840 

3  283 

2  422 

73.8 

4  825 

864 

21.9 

28*  6 

17.9 

Long  Island 

10  521 

790 

496 

62.9 

4  968 

185 

5.1 

21.2 

3.7 

Pennsylvania  System 

4  358  054 

200  130 

116  412 

58.2 

271  339 

10  534 

23.8 

37.4 

3.9 

Perkiomen 

6  685 

319 

201 

63.1 

139 

- 

74.0 

33.2 

Philadelphia  4  Reading 

656  515 

27  530 

16  600 

60.3 

39  242 

2  682 

22.6 

39.5 

6.8 

Port  Reading 

7  554 

324 

174 

53.6 

2  335 

54 

4*5 

43.5 

2*3 

Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit 

a 

95 

64 

67.3 

2  733 

52 

i.i 

* 

1.9 

Toledo  4  Ohio  Central 

136  361 

5  559 

3  006 

54.1 

8  470 

913 

21.2 

45.4 

10, 8 

Toledo, St. Louis  4  Western 

88  263 

4  650 

3  147 

67.7 

3  346 

269 

44.3 

28.0 

8.0 

Western  Maryland 

231  851 

8  024 

5  116 

63.8 

9  186 

640 

28.2 

45.3 

7.0 

Wheeling  4  Lake  Erie 

116  740 

3  876 

2  667 

68.8 

9  917 

942 

12*6 

43.8 

9*5 

TOTAL-OHIO-INDIANA-ALLEC-H.REG 

3  709  922 

402  993 

234  711 

58.2 

568  875 

39  452 

22.9 

37.1 

6*9 

POCAHONTAS  REGION 

• 

Chesapeake  4  Ohio 

995  366 

40  934 

22  721 

55.5 

44  728 

3  609 

29.5 

43.8 

8.1 

Norfolk  4  VMstern 

905  940 

36  970 

20  372 

55.1 

38  742 

2  552 

30.8 

44.5 

6.6 

Rich. .Fredericksburg  4  Potom. 

28  629 

2  288 

1  358 

59.3 

1  297 

157 

56.9 

21*1 

12.1 

Virginian 

237  006 

8  233 

4  391 

53.3 

7  399 

446 

35.9 

54.0 

6.0 

TOTAL  -  POCAHONTAS  REGION 

2  166  941 

88  425 

48  842 

55.2 

1  92  166 

6  764 

30.9 

44.4 

7.3 

DECEMBER  1920 

Frt.  car-miles  (thousands) 

Freight  cars 

Efficiency  Ratios 

on  iine  daily 

Per  cent  of 

ton-railes 

Per  cent 

Unaer- 

Car-miles 

Tons 

(thousands) 

Total 

Loaded 

loaded 

Total 

viceable 

per  day 

per  car 

unservice- 

Road 

to  total 

able  cars 

1 

... 

2 

3 

4“  3  +  2 

5 

6 

7  .  2  +  5 

'  31 

8=1  +  3 

9  =  6  +  5 

SOUTHERN  REGION 

Alabama  &  Vicksburg 

14  567 

832 

576 

69.2 

949 

143 

28.3 

25.3 

15.1 

Alabama  Great  Southern 

66  681 

3  720 

2  654 

71.3 

2  328 

357 

51.5 

25.2 

15.3 

Atlanta  4  West  Point 

6  128 

363 

272 

74.8 

438 

62 

26.8 

22.5 

14.2 

Atlanta, Birmingham  t  Atlantic 

33  402 

2  168 

1  277 

56.9 

2  034 

257 

34.4 

26.1 

12.6 

Atlantic  Coast  Line 

314  436 

23  912 

14  179 

59.3 

32  876 

3  217 

23.5 

22.2 

9.8 

Carolina, Clinch field  4  Ohio 

73  529 

3  328 

1  862 

55.9 

4  341 

415 

24.7 

39.5 

9.6 

Central  of  Georgia 

114  228 

6  655 

4  054 

60.9 

6  843 

790 

31.4 

28.2 

11.5 

Charleston  4  Western  Carolina 

19  431 

857 

584 

68.2 

1  346 

81 

20.5 

33.2 

6.0 

Cin. ,Ne»  Orleans  4  Texas  Pac. 

113  378 

6  961 

4  534 

65.1 

9  039 

577 

24.9 

25.0 

6.4 

Columbus  4  Greenville  * 

6  237 

361 

242 

67.0 

696 

59 

16.7 

25.8 

8.5 

Florida  East  Coast 

51  474 

4  407 

2  505 

56.8 

3  411 

166 

41.7 

20.5 

4.9 

Georgia 

22  245 

1  349 

936 

69.4 

1  780 

406 

24.4 

23.8 

22.8 

Georgia  Southern  4  Florida 

25  686 

1  711 

953 

55.7 

2  626 

256 

21.0 

27.0 

9.7 

Gulf  4  Ship  Island 

7  737 

501 

341 

68.0 

1  343 

38 

12.0 

22.7 

2.8 

Gulf .Mobile  4  Northern 

22  112 

1  123 

824 

73.4 

2  336 

160 

15.5 

26.8 

6.3 

Illinois  Central  (incl.YSMV) 

1  440  688 

76  135 

43  860 

5?.6 

65  188 

3  042 

37.7 

32.8 

4.7 

Louisville  4  Nashville 

835  851 

42  867 

25  376 

59.2 

50  658 

8  544 

27.3 

32.9 

16.9 

Louis. , Henderson  4.  St. Louis 

20  555 

899 

608 

67.6 

574 

36 

50.5 

33.8 

6.3 

Mississippi  Central 

1  451 

97 

67 

68.6 

603 

93 

5.2 

21.7 

15.4 

Mobile  4  Ohio 

180  356 

8  766 

5  729 

65.4 

8  682 

1  364 

32.6 

31.5 

21.5 

Nashville, Chatta. 4  St. Louis 

93  152 

6  445 

3  917 

60.8 

7  569 

883 

27.5 

23.8 

11.7 

New  Orleans  4  Northeastern 

41  795 

2  157 

1  534 

71.1 

3  619 

459 

19.2 

27.3 

12.7 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern 

8  233 

450 

293 

65.2 

1  042 

26 

13.9 

28.1 

2.5 

Norfolk  Southern 

21  026 

1  345 

1  073 

79.8 

3  483 

567 

12.5 

19.6 

16.3 

Northern  Alabama 

6  765 

389 

176 

45.3 

898 

- 

14.0 

38.4 

• 

Seaboard  Air  Line 

210  819 

14  055 

8  886 

63.2 

18  911 

2  274 

24.0 

23.7 

12.0 

Southern 

684  552 

40  346 

25  745 

63.8 

57  830 

2  325 

22.5 

26.6 

4.0 

Tennessee  Central 

9  563 

509 

323 

64.5 

1  177 

63 

13.9 

29.1 

5.4 

Western  Ry.  of  Alabama 

7  219 

430 

300 

69.8 

519 

73 

26.7 

24.1 

14.1 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHERN  REGION 

4  453  501 

253  141 

153  705 

60.7 

293  139 

27  233 

27.9 

29.0 

9.3 

NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

Chicago  4  Northwestern 

916  800 

51  129 

29  734 

58.2 

72  906 

6  279 

22.6 

30.8 

8.6 

Chicago, St. Paul, Minn. 4  Omaha 

124  668 

7  506 

4  994 

66.5 

12  682 

1  530 

19.1 

25.0 

12.1 

Chicago  Great  Western 

149  525 

8  959 

5  841 

65.2 

9  943 

1  309 

29.1 

25.6 

13.2 

Chicago, Milwaukee  4  St. Paul 

775  829 

47  669 

29  866 

62.7 

63  465 

5  057 

24.2 

26.0 

8.0 

Duluth  4  Iron  Range 

5  437 

339 

210 

61.9 

6  768 

459 

1.6 

25.9 

6.8 

Duluth, Mieeabe  4  Northern 

6  019 

358 

244 

68.1 

9  132 

107 

1.3 

24.7 

1.2 

Duluth, South  Shore  4  Atlantic 

19  568 

1  283 

853 

66.5 

2  940 

166 

14.1 

22.9 

5.6 

Duluth, Winnipeg  4  Pacific 

13  216 

721 

503 

69.7 

1  965 

121 

11.8 

26.3 

6.2 

Elgin,  Joliet  4  Eastern 

180  021 

6  168 

4  110 

66.6 

15  183 

1  386 

13.1 

43.8 

9.1 

Great  Northern 

576  837 

30  159 

19  531 

64.8 

59  097 

5  027 

16.5 

29.5 

8.5 

Lake  Superior  4  Ishpeming 

479 

31 

16 

51.9 

1  012 

170 

1.0 

29.8 

16.8 

Mineral  Range 

1  245 

42 

21 

50.6 

940 

6 

1.5 

58.2 

0.6 

Minneapolis  4  St.  Louis 

122  108 

5  951 

3  912 

65.7 

7  824 

638 

24.5 

31.2 

10.7 

Minn. , St. Paul  4  S.S.  Marie 

233  052 

15  162 

9  356 

61.7 

26  316 

1  699 

18.6 

24.9 

6.5 

Northern  Pacific 

564  247 

32'  665 

19  957 

61.1 

46  440 

3  904 

22,7 

28.3 

8.4 

Oregon-Wash.R.R.4  Nav.Co. 

129  928 

5  903 

4  455 

75.5 

8  741 

311 

21.8 

29.2 

3.6 

Spokane, Portland  4  Seattle 

27  178 

1  228 

1  093 

89.0 

1  468 

68 

27.0 

24.9 

4.6 

TOTAL  -  NORTHWESTERN  REGION 

3  846  157 

215  293 

134  696 

62.  6 

346  822 

28  437 

20.0 

28.6 

812 

CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

Arizona  Eastern 

8  129 

421 

247 

58.8 

682 

13 

19.9 

32.9 

1.9 

Atchison, Topeka  4  Santa  Fa 

923  580 

66  505 

37  817 

56.9 

67  377 

5  122 

31.8 

24.4 

7.6 

Bingham  4  Garfield 

795 

23 

15 

64.7 

251 

2 

3.0 

53.2 

0.8 

Chicago  ft  Alton 

183  345 

11  434 

6  500 

56.8 

15  589 

630 

23.7 

28.2 

4.0 

Chicago  4  Eastern  Illinois 

254  672 

13  009 

7  241 

55.7 

18  e42 

2  153 

22.3 

35.2 

11.4 

Chicago, Burlington  4  Quincy 

1  232  270 

68  755 

39  109 

56.9 

71  787 

5  176 

30.9 

31.5 

7.2 

Chicago,  Peoria  4  St. Louis 

16  384 

752 

522 

69.4 

1  372 

110 

17.7 

31.4 

8.0 

Chicago, R.1. 4  Pac. (incl.CRIftG] 

662  158 

40  466 

25  975 

64.2 

50  515 

4  581 

25.8 

25.5 

9.1 

Chicago, Terre  Haute  4  S.  E. 

55  611 

2  490 

1  270 

51.0 

5  325 

643 

15;1 

43.8 

12.1 

Colorado  4  Southern 

83  842 

3  859 

2  407 

62.4 

7  313 

627 

17.0 

34.8 

8.6 

Denver  4  Rio  Grande 

184  393 

8  759 

5  922 

67.6 

16  016 

965 

17.6 

31.1 

6.0 

Denver  4  Salt  Lake 

15  561 

709 

399 

56.3 

1  194 

113 

19.2 

39.0 

9.5 

El  Paso  4  Southwestern 

77  985 

4  618 

2  757 

59.7 

4  054 

221 

36.7 

28.3 

5.5 

Fort  Worth  4  Denver  City 

56  358 

3  046 

2  095 

68.8 

3  197 

467 

30.7 

26.9 

14.6 

Los  Angeles  4  Salt  Lake 

.  73  330 

5  031 

2  916 

58.0 

3  868 

204 

42.0 

25.2 

5.3 

Nevada  Northern 

2  9?0 

110 

56 

50.6 

174 

20.4 

53.4 

- 

Northwestern  Pacific 

7  111 

526 

364 

69.2 

1  459 

40 

11.6 

19.6 

2.7 

Oregon  Short  Line 

226  378 

11  125 

7  180 

64.5 

13  886 

624 

25.8 

31.5 

4.5 

Quincy, Omaha  4  Kansas  City 

8  669 

416 

273 

65.7 

356 

2 

37.7 

31.7 

0.6 

Southern  Pac. Lines  (Pac.Sys.) 

706  614 

47  453 

28  058 

59.1 

41  322 

2  649 

37,0 

25.2 

6.4 

St. Joseph  4  Grand  Island 

16  772 

991 

652 

65.8 

914 

137 

35.0 

25.7 

15.0 

Toledo, Peoria  4  Western 

5  109 

306 

187 

61.0 

933 

98 

10.6 

27.4 

10.5 

Union  Pacific 

710  040 

40  002 

25  720 

64.3 

25  637 

2  954 

50.3 

27.6 

11.5 

Utah 

12  167 

491 

250 

50.8 

1  018 

16 

15.6 

4-8,8 

1.6 

Western  Pacific 

89  640 

5  CC7 

2  930 

58.5 

3  489 

161 

46.3 

30.6 

4.6 

TOTAL-CENTRAL  WESTERN  REGION 

5  613  383 

336  304 

200  862 

59.7 

356  570 

27  70S 

30.4 

27.9 

7.8 

Formerly  Southern  Railway  Co.  in  Mississippi 


DECEMBER  1920 

Net 

ton -n  lies 
(thousands) 

1 

Tri.  car-miles  (thousands) 

JVeight  cars 
on  line  daily 

Efficiency  Patios 

Road 

Total 

2 

Loaded 

3 

Per  cent 
loaded 
to  total 

4*  3  4-  2 

Cor -mile  9 
•  per  day 

7  =L±A 
31 

Tone 
per  car 

6al  *T*  3 

Per  cent  of 
unservice¬ 
able  cars 
9-64-5 

Total 

5 

Unser¬ 

viceable 

6 

SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

Fort  Worth  &  Rio  Grande 

3  904 

309 

178 

57.7 

781 

32 

12.6 

21.9 

4.1 

Gulf  Coast  Lines 

52  155 

3  355 

2  095 

62.5 

5  462 

322 

19  .e 

24.9 

5.9 

Gulf,  Colorado  A  Santa  Fe 

155  267 

9  687 

6  005 

62.0 

10  923 

435 

28.6 

25.9 

4.0 

International  &  Great  nortnerr 

96  033 

5  846 

3  568 

61.0 

6  544 

368 

28.8 

26.9 

5.6 

Kansas  City, Max. ft  Orient 

6  307 

385 

263 

68.3 

705 

146 

17.6 

23.9 

21.0 

Kane. City, Hex. &  Orient  of  Teuu 

9  057 

581 

407 

70.2 

1  045 

111 

17.9 

22.2 

10.6 

Kansas  City  Southern 

143  049 

6  718 

4  817 

71.7 

5  700 

185 

38.0 

29.7 

3.2 

Kansas,  Oklahoma  *  Gulf 

21  146 

1  136 

646 

56.9 

1  990 

259 

18,4 

32.7 

13.0 

Louisiana  4  Arkansas 

18  812 

1  142 

660 

57.8 

1  724 

28 

21.4 

28.5 

1.6 

Louisiana  Ry.  4  Nav.  Co. 

21  873 

1  224 

798 

65.2 

3  454 

89 

11.4 

27.4 

2.6 

Midland  Valley 

19  533 

1  230 

679 

55.2 

2  554 

37 

15.5 

28.9 

1.4 

Missouri  4  North  Arkansas 

6  537 

317 

236 

74.2 

678 

44 

15.1 

27.8 

6.5 

Missouri,  Kansas  <1  Texas 

163  204 

12  056 

6  158 

51.1 

15  029 

1  165 

25.9 

26.5 

7.6 

Missouri, Kan. 4  Tax.  of  Tuxajs 

128  874 

8  306 

4  933 

56.0 

13  253 

387 

21.4 

26.1 

2.9 

Missouri  Pacific 

670  SS5 

37  280 

23  722 

63.6 

54  121 

2  815 

22.2 

28.3 

5.2 

St.  Louis  -  San  Francisco 

372  913 

22  233 

13  755 

61.9 

34  223 

1  390 

21.0 

27.1 

4.1 

St. Louis, San  Francisco  4  Tax. 

9  450 

681 

363 

53.3 

1  383 

58 

15.9 

26-0 

4.2 

St.  Louis  Southwestern 

132  384 

6  968 

4  870 

69.9 

7  402 

341 

20.4 

27.2 

4.6 

St. Louis  Soutnwe stern  of  Tax. 

34  960 

2  160 

1  445 

66.9 

3  717 

129 

18.7 

24,2 

3.5 

San  Antonio  4  Aransas  Pass 

18  867 

1  403 

883 

62.9 

1  897 

184 

23.9 

21.4 

9.7 

Scu.Pac. Lines  (Tex. 4  La.) 

348  317 

21  435 

12  476 

58.2 

27  446 

1  540 

25.2 

27,9 

5.6 

Texas  4  Pacific 

177  880 

11  592 

7  447 

64.2 

14  730 

1  166 

25.4 

23.9 

7.9 

Trinity  4  Brazos  Valley 

14  381 

866 

571 

65.8 

1  368 

131 

20.5 

25.2 

9.6 

Vicksburg, Shreveport  4  Pac. 

16  081 

958 

601 

62.8 

1  576 

119 

19.6 

26.7 

7.6 

Wichita  Falls  4  Northwestern 

5  548 

356 

204 

57.3 

936 

6 

12.3 

27.2 

0.6 

Wichita  Valley 

4  291 

285 

192 

67.3 

501 

3 

18.4 

22.3 

0.6 

TOTAL  -  SOUTHWESTERN  REGION 

2  651  240 

159  015 

97  972 

61.6 

219  142 

11  492 

23.4 

27.1 

5.2 

*  Data  not  available • 


MONTHLY  SUMMARY  -  UNITED  STATES 
January  1917  to  Dscember  1920 


Month 


Car -miles  per  day 


Tons  per  car 

(Revenue  and  Non-Revenue) 


Percentage 

of  unserviceable  care 


Per  cent 
loaded  to  total 
car-vuilee 


1917 

1918 

— 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

1917 

1918 

1919 

1920 

January 

25.3 

18.3 

21.4 

22.8 

26.4 

29.6 

29.0 

28.3 

5.6 

5.1 

6.0 

6.6 

70.1 

70.0 

66.2 

70.9 

February 

23.9 

22.0 

20.3 

22.3 

26.1 

28.4 

27.7 

28.3 

5.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.5 

71.5 

70.9 

67.5 

72.0 

March 

25.6 

24.9 

20.4 

23.8 

26.4 

28.1 

27.6 

28.3 

5.4 

5.0 

5.6 

7.0 

70.8 

71.4 

68.1 

72.3 

April 

27.4 

25.9 

21.0 

3  9.4 

25.6 

29.4 

27.3 

28.6 

5.8 

5.1 

6.4 

6.5 

71.6 

68.0 

68.1 

68.3 

May 

29.0 

26.4 

22.8 

24.2 

26.7 

27.7 

27.7 

28.3 

5.6 

5.4 

7.3 

6.6 

70.1 

66.8 

67.4 

71.2 

June 

28.4 

26.8 

23.0 

25.0 

27.8 

28.3 

27.5 

29.0 

5.6 

5.9 

8.1 

7.0 

68.7 

66.8 

67.9 

69.5 

July 

28.3 

26.5 

24.1 

26.1 

27.1 

30.1 

27.8 

29.6 

6.0 

6.9 

8.7 

7.2 

67.9 

64.7 

66.0 

67.8 

4 

August 

27.1 

26.0 

24.2 

27.4 

27.9 

30.1 

28.0 

29.8 

6.0 

6.6 

9.2 

7.1 

68.7 

67.6 

70.4 

68.2 

September 

26.6 

26.8 

26.5 

28.1 

27.0 

29.7 

2S.3 

30.0 

5.8 

6.2 

8.5 

7.2 

70.0 

66.9 

69.6 

67.0 

October 

26.3 

26.2 

27.3 

28.5 

27.7 

29.7 

28.0 

29.9 

5.6 

6.0 

7.4 

7.3 

71.5 

67.9 

66.4 

66.0 

November 

26.2 

24.6 

23.3 

26.8 

27.2 

29.5 

26.2 

30.5 

5.2 

5.6 

6.3 

7.5 

71.0 

67.1 

71.3 

63.2 

December 

21.3 

22.8 

22.3 

24. e 

29.2 

29.6 

27.7 

31.2 

5.2 

5.8 

6.2 

7.9 

70.9 

65.9 

71.1 

60.3 

Total 

26.1 

24.9 

23.1 

24.9 

27.0 

29.1 

27.8 

29.3 

5.6 

5.7 

7.1 

7.0 

70.2 

67.7 

68.7 

67.9 

